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- Title
The Commodification of Leisure: The Case of the Model Airplane Hobby and Industry.
- Authors
Butsch, Richard
- Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of capitalist production on a leisure activity. It. demonstrates that as commodities produced for exchange become the predominant objects used in a leisure activity, the leisure activity itself is reshaped. A case study of the model airplane hobby and industry illuminates this process. The history of the hobby is one of gradual control loss by hobbyists and control gain by capital.
- Subjects
LEISURE; MODEL airplane industry; AERONAUTICAL sports; HOBBIES; HOBBY equipment industry; HOBBYISTS
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 1984, Vol 7, Issue 3, p217
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00987312