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Popular culture and consumerism

Popular culture and consumerism. LITERATURE LEISURE AND RECREATION Claudia Sanchez & Renee Bennett. LITERATURE. WHAT TO READ CHAPBOOKS ENTERTAIMENT ALMANACS THOMAS PAINE. WHAT TO READ. LITERACY RATES: 1600- 1/6 MALES WERE BARELY LITERATE IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND. ¼ IN ENGLAND

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Popular culture and consumerism

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  1. Popular culture and consumerism LITERATURE LEISURE AND RECREATION Claudia Sanchez & Renee Bennett

  2. LITERATURE • WHAT TO READ • CHAPBOOKS • ENTERTAIMENT • ALMANACS • THOMAS PAINE

  3. WHAT TO READ LITERACY RATES: 1600- 1/6 MALES WERE BARELY LITERATE IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND. ¼ IN ENGLAND 1800- 9/10 SCOTISH, 2/3 FRENCH, MORE THAN 50% ENGLISH • BIBLE IN PROTESTANT COUNTRIES • SHORT PAMPHLETS – “CHAPBOOKS”

  4. CHAPBOOKS • PRINTED ON SHEET PAPER • FEATURED BIBLE STORIES, PRAYERS, DEVOTIONS, LIVES OF SAINTS AND EXEMPLARY CHRISTIANS

  5. ENTERTAINMENT • FAIRY TALES • MEDIEVAL ROMANCES • TRUE CRIME STORIES • FANTASTIC ADVENTURES

  6. ALMANACS • CALENDARS THAT LISTED RELIGIOUS AND ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS MIXED WITH AGRICULTURAL SCHEDULES, ARCANE FACTS AND JOKES.

  7. THOMAS PAINE • AUTHOR OF MANY INFLUENTIAL TEXTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION • 1776 – COMMON SENSE PAMPHLET • SOLD 120,000 COPIES

  8. Leisure and recreation • BLOOD SPORTS • CARNIVALS • LEISURE

  9. BLOOD SPORTS • BULL-BAITING • COCKFIGHTING

  10. CARNIVAL • TIME OF REVELING AND EXCESS IN CATHOLIC EUROPE ESPECIALLY IN MEDITERRENIAN COUNTRIES • PEASANTS DRESSED AS NOBLES, MEN AS WOMEN, AND RICH MASTERS WAITED ON THEIR SEVANTS • PEOPLE RELEASED THEIR FRUSTATIONS BEFORE RETURNING TO THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE

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