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Work and Leisure
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- 1historiography when did the teenage wage earner emerge?original discourse in 1959 by Abram's argued the teenage wage earner became a distinct group post ww1 - this is revised in 1990s by David fowler who argued the leisure pursuits and working lives of youths in the inter war years were not so different after ww2 - teenagers were still doing same leisure activities and businesses recognised their disposable income and targeted leisure towards them
- 2define youthsbetween leaving school (leaving age in interwar 14) and marriage - 10 year period where teenagers would work with a disposable income because of less responsibilities
evidence of change - teenagers getting to keep more of their own money to spend on lesiure pursuits soemthing that thier parents couldnt do - 3what made leisure more accessible in interwar period?money wages increase for both genders
teenagers had no dependants kept most money for themselves - a time of great freedom
teenagers least likely age group to be in poverty because of this
move to clerical work - less working hours than service for girls - more hours in evening to pursue lesuire
ideas surrounding the modern woman allowed her more social freedoms - 4why was the interwar period significant regarding leisure and workyouths had new disposable incomes and more free time
social change regarding what a girl can and cannot do with her free time/ what was acceptable
depite high levels of unemployment young still pursued as much leisure as it was cheap and they were the richest in the family earning a wage with no dependants
introducation of power made life easier lesuire more accesable - labour saving devices - more time to pursue lesiure
in clerical and facotry work new legislations created better working condiitons which allowed for paid leave and shorter working hours
influx of government housing made it easier to get on property ladder - made t posivle to escape poverty and improve standard of lviing less strained for money - 5why was the cinema popular among youths and what was the concernsvery popular among wage earners as was cheap
available to those from all classes - variation in seat prices
form of escapism from everyday life
girls were inspired by Hollywood glamour
a place to court - double seats available for dates
concerns of imitation of sexual promiscuity, the deviant girl, for boys gang films and fear over losing British culture due to Americanisation - quotas introduced
size and number of cinemas in 1930s reflected a distinct leisure culture - demands met - 90% of study went at least once a week because so cheap - 6what kind of magazines were availablefor girls glamour introduced in 1938, many of the cinema and Hollywood glamour, also on courting and relationship advice
for boys hobbies magazines - practical and rational leisure - building - meccano - construction - 7why was the dance hall populara place to court and hang out with friends, to show off new dances and wear new clothes - new dances like swing dancing
- 8how far did work affect leisure for unemployedunemployed still taking part in leisure - cinema for example cheaper during day and parents would pay for daughters not for leisure but to pursue a husband - mothers also wanted them to have fun and freedom
also possible for boys to take out and treat girls to lesuire - big part of courting - 9how did gender effect work for girlswomen more likely to have to tip up - give their wage to mother who would give them pocket money
also depended on age and siblings - younger children expected to pay less, girls also likely had slightly less leisure time due to helping with domestic work in home - work for girls seen as temporary until find a husband marriage bar not lifted till 40s,
both genders depends on family situation - if extremely poor wage earners would be expected to give up more of their wage
boys had higher wages and more time to pursue than girls - also more likley to take out and treat
depended what job you are in and hours you work servanrs have very limited free time - miss leisure time - 10how did gender effect work for girlsboys had higher wages and more time to pursue than girls - also more likley to take out and treat did not have to help with doemstics
depended what job you are in - page boys work late - miss leisure time - 11changing ideas about gender in the interwar period and the concern surrounding thisshift to women pursuing leisure outside the home raised concerns - girl guiding introduced to tackle this
also fears about loosening morals regarding mixing of gender away from home and away from parental control
acceptable for women to play hard to get - not being too passive but also not too keen or too forward -
leisure shifts to age not gender in interwar period - noticeable shift as business owners create double seats for couples in cinema - boys are girls attending cinemas and dance halls - courting - 12other factors (other than gender and income) that affect leisuire- work
age/ place in family
fmailies income
where about / what kind of town youre in,
type of work you do and how much spare time you have
gender - helping with home - tippign up
gender - women go to meet hubands b=men for pure fun
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