Popular culture and consumerism
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POPULAR CULTURE AND
CONSUMERISM
• LITERATURE
• LEISURE AND RECREATION
Claudia Sanchez & Renee Bennett
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LITERATURE
WHAT TO READ
CHAPBOOKS
ENTERTAIMENT
ALMANACS
THOMAS PAINE
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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”
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CHAPBOOKS
PRINTED ON SHEET PAPER
FEATURED BIBLE STORIES, PRAYERS, DEVOTIONS, LIVES OF SAINTS AND EXEMPLARY CHRISTIANS
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ENTERTAINMENT
FAIRY TALES
MEDIEVAL ROMANCES
TRUE CRIME STORIES
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
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ALMANACS
CALENDARS THAT LISTED RELIGIOUS AND ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS MIXED WITH AGRICULTURAL SCHEDULES, ARCANE FACTS AND JOKES.
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THOMAS PAINE
AUTHOR OF MANY INFLUENTIAL TEXTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1776 – COMMON SENSE PAMPHLET
SOLD 120,000 COPIES
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LEISURE AND RECREATION
BLOOD SPORTS
CARNIVALS
LEISURE
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BLOOD SPORTS
BULL-BAITING
COCKFIGHTING
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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