When I was in elementary school, I was not allowed to watch television, or any sort of screen for that matter, during the school week. That meant that when I got home from school on Friday the first thing I did was turn on the newest episode of "Hannah Montana" and watch TV until I fell asleep. For me, the weekends meant watching Disney Channel, going to the movie theatre, spending unnecessary amounts of my parent's money at the mall, and eating out at fun restaurants. I didn't realize it at the time, but the reason I thought of the weekends as two days full of exciting activities was due to the leisure revolution of the twentieth century.
Basically, the leisure revolution (as talked about in "Working Class Hollywood") was "built upon the industrial revolution of the ninenteenth century" (13). It occured right around the time people were working less and making more disposable income; therefore, they started "living for the weekend". People began spending their Sundays going to the theatre for entertainment rather than going to church. Their abundance of money and free time sent them searching for public places to relax and have fu such as movie theatres and symphonies. There was a massive shift from weekends being family time at home to being the time for lively and unique activities. I am definitely a child of the leisure revolution. Most of the people I know have the mentality of "living for the weekend" which I now realize is a relatively new sentiment. Chapter one of my book has mainly been focused on the "weekend entertainment revolution" and I am interested to see how the novel progresses. So far, the book is honestly not as focused on class as it is on the entertainment industry in general, but I suspect that will shift soon. I think the writing is mediocre so far, but I am keeping an open mind. Happy weekend! :)
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AuthorAmy Granick is a senior at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. She plans to continue her studies at North Carolina State University in the fall with a major in Psychology. Archives
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