In the Early Days of Country Music, There Were a Number

question 86

Multiple Choice

In the early days of country music, there were a number of "family" groups, or families who became professional musicians together. This happened often, in part because many families made music together for fun. Today, far from singing together, the average family is more likely to have each member put on a pair of headphones and use an mp3 player to listen to music alone. What does this say about contemporary recreation and leisure?

• A) We define leisure time in terms of public life and interactions with strangers.
• B) Our recreation and leisure is mediated by material goods that we seem to "require" in order to have fun.
• C) Our leisure time is much more formally organized than it was in the past.
• D) Media-producing conglomerations are making fewer types of media available to us.
• E) Changes in recreation and leisure have produced a great deal of inequality.

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Definitions:

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