final revision notes uts subject 27342 sociocultural concepts for leisure ...
FINAL REVISION NOTES UTS SUBJECT 27342 SOCIOCULTURAL CONCEPTS FOR LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM CONTENTS: Gender & Ethnicity……………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Consumerism & Narcissism………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Marx – Critiquing Capitalism………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Aristotle – Classical Leisure………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Rational Recreation…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Sociability……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Play & Creativity………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Freud…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 Jung…………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………… 5 Power & Resistance………………………..…………………………………………………………………… 6
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Gender and Ethnicity Centres and margins - In the middle – norm of society or at the edge Ethnic minorities Ethnocentrism - The belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture Jock culture/hegemonic masculinity - A cult of manliness that has at its core the valuing of a powerful, elite, performing heterosexual (male) body Feminist theory - Interpreting aspects of society according to the status of women - E.g. women in tourism/travel and the notion of ‘danger’ when travelling alone (especially internationally) Consumerism and narcissism Consumerism - Buying-the idea that buying brings satisfaction-meaning of life found in buying things and pre-packaged experiences - Afluenza/Luxury Fever Narcissism - Love of self – obsession with self image, lack of empathy Conspicuous consumption – goods/service economy Neoliberalism - People are regarded as consumers instead of producers - Pressures: Wealth, status, physicality, stereotypes - Identifiers: Occupation, appearance, belongings, social networking Status anxiety - Worry about purchase of goods ‘keeping up’ with others – need to consume to project status Damaged sociability - Effect of over consumption/narcissism on human authenticity-relationshipssociability - Breakdown of relationships - Stress, anxiety, depression - In young Australians: society offers goods as the ‘solution’ to the problems they themselves created decrease in political, community, social engagement and increase in narcissism Marx: critiquing capitalism [Industrial] Capitalism - Efficiency of production - Exploitation of workers o Imagery from ‘Metropolis’ Reification - Commodity fetishism and damaged sociability take a lot of the human qualities out of our experiences. Reification causes us to forget that there was any other way of being - Stuck in the same ways of life - Lack of motivation to change 2|Page
Alienation - Workers alienated from the products of their labour/personal sense of humanity/other workers/capitalists - Capitalists alienated from meaningful humanity Leisure time has become rejuvenation: workers spend their wages on the products they produce/products of capitalism Procreation: producing a new generation of workers Damaged sociability Surplus value and exploitation - Under capitalism, workers work more than required for own needs o Surplus of their labour taken by capitalists o Workers less leisure/capitalists more o Women in the tobacco industry “We love capitalist, consumerist society and recognise its contribution to the exploitation of many workers”
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Gender and Ethnicity Centres and margins - In the middle – norm of society or at the edge Ethnic minorities Ethnocentrism - The belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture Jock culture/hegemonic masculinity - A cult of manliness that has at its core the valuing of a powerful, elite, performing heterosexual (male) body Feminist theory - Interpreting aspects of society according to the status of women - E.g. women in tourism/travel and the notion of ‘danger’ when travelling alone (especially internationally) Consumerism and narcissism Consumerism - Buying-the idea that buying brings satisfaction-meaning of life found in buying things and pre-packaged experiences - Afluenza/Luxury Fever Narcissism - Love of self – obsession with self image, lack of empathy Conspicuous consumption – goods/service economy Neoliberalism - People are regarded as consumers instead of producers - Pressures: Wealth, status, physicality, stereotypes - Identifiers: Occupation, appearance, belongings, social networking Status anxiety - Worry about purchase of goods ‘keeping up’ with others – need to consume to project status Damaged sociability - Effect of over consumption/narcissism on human authenticity-relationshipssociability - Breakdown of relationships - Stress, anxiety, depression - In young Australians: society offers goods as the ‘solution’ to the problems they themselves created decrease in political, community, social engagement and increase in narcissism Marx: critiquing capitalism [Industrial] Capitalism - Efficiency of production - Exploitation of workers o Imagery from ‘Metropolis’ Reification - Commodity fetishism and damaged sociability take a lot of the human qualities out of our experiences. Reification causes us to forget that there was any other way of being - Stuck in the same ways of life - Lack of motivation to change 2|Page
Alienation - Workers alienated from the products of their labour/personal sense of humanity/other workers/capitalists - Capitalists alienated from meaningful humanity Leisure time has become rejuvenation: workers spend their wages on the products they produce/products of capitalism Procreation: producing a new generation of workers Damaged sociability Surplus value and exploitation - Under capitalism, workers work more than required for own needs o Surplus of their labour taken by capitalists o Workers less leisure/capitalists more o Women in the tobacco industry “We love capitalist, consumerist society and recognise its contribution to the exploitation of many workers”
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