Pursuing Play

Pursuing Play

Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914

Beausaert, Rebecca

University of Manitoba Press

09/2024

277

Mole

9781772840773

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction

Chapter 1 Situating the Small Town: Dresden, Tillsonburg, and Elora from Foundations to 1914

Dresden

Tillsonburg

Elora

Class and Social Stratification

Setting the Stage for Leisure: Late Nineteenth-Century Developments

Conclusion

Chapter 2 A Reconnaissance of Recreation: Leisure in Public Spaces

Religion

Public and Commercial Entertainments

Clubs and Societies

Conclusion

Chapter 3 Safeties, Skates, and Sleds: Sports and Physical Recreation for Women

Cycling

Sleighing, Sledding, and Skating

Ladies and Lawns

Conclusion

Chapter 4 Crazy Teas and Christmas Trees: Leisure at Home

"Happy Homes Make Happy Hearts"

"True Hospitality": Social Dining

Holy Days, Hallowe'en, and the Home

Conclusion

Chapter 5 Armchair Tourists: Fictitious Travel in Tillsonburg

Around the World in a Day

The Tillsonburg Ladies' Travel Club

Conclusion

Chapter 6 Vacationers and "Staycationers": Leisure Out of Doors

The Elite Vacationer

Just a Train Ride Away: Day Trippers, Excursionists, and "Staycationers"

"O, lovely Elora!": Marketing the Small Town

Conclusion

Chapter 7 Bad Girls in the Country? When Leisure Slipped from Reputable to Disreputable

The Rural-Urban Dichotomy

Forging the Rural "Girl Problem"

Familial Regulation of Youth and Its Limits

Communal Censure from Informal Reprimands to Town and Municipal Bylaws

Sex and the Criminal Justice System

Conclusion

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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leisure; gender; class; rural; Ontario; women's history; Dresden; Elora; Tillsonburg