Pursuing Play : Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beausaert, Rebecca.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2024.

Summary:

In telling the story of what small-town women did for fun while navigating social hierarchies, nurturing ties of kinship and friendship, and advancing community development, Pursuing Play adds a new dimension to Canadian histories of gender, leisure, and popular culture.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Introduction

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

Chapter Two. A Reconnaissance of Recreation: Leisure in Public Spaces

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

Chapter Four. Crazy Teas and Christmas Trees: Leisure at Home

Chapter Five. Armchair Tourists: Fictitious Travel in Tillsonburg

Chapter Six. Vacationers and "Staycationers": Leisure Out of Doors

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

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliogragphy

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Beausaert, Rebecca Pursuing Play

ISBN:

9781772840803

9781772840797

OCLC:

1435636224