Assignment 2 : Second Learning Journal Submission
Themes to be Explored
-Explain the relationship between leisure and “non-leisure,” i.e. work.
-Identify and critically examine the workplace as a site of culture.
-Explore how differences of gender, ethnicity, class, age and sexual orientation relate to changes in workplace culture.
-Recognize the cultural significance of a range of recreational activities, both formal and informal, collective and individual.
-Discuss the significance of context as a defining aspect of recreational cultures.
Explore how differences in gender, ethnicity, class, age, and sexual orientation relate to recreational culture.
References
Fedorak, Shirley. Pop Culture: The Culture of Everyday Life. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009.
Chapter 2 in Culture and Everyday Life, by David Inglis. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Chapter 2 in Reading the Everyday, by Joe Moran. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Chapters 4 and 9 in Pop Culture: The Culture of Everyday Life, by Shirley Fedorak. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009.
Chapter 3 in Culture and Everyday Life, by David Inglis. New York: Routledge, 2005.
