1970년대 자동차공장의 노동자들은 여가를 즐길 수 있는 경제적 여유와 시간적 조건, 사회적 조건을 갖지 못했지만, 몇 가지 점에서 자동차공장의 노동자들이 누리던 약간의 여가생활에 담긴 특징을 지적할 수 있다. 첫째, 자동차공장 노동자들의 여가 활동은 그들의 노동이 기계적이고 단조로운 것만큼 대체로 비창조적이고 단조로운 것이었다. 둘째, 노동과 여가가 완전히 분리되지 않았다. 일부의 여가 활동에 대한 회사의 지원이 있었으며, 회식은 직업공동체에 속해 있는 노동자들이 공동의 공장경험을 나누고 동료의식을 확인하는 중요한 수단이었다. 셋째, 술은 1970년대 자동차공장의 노동자들이 가장 많이 즐겼던 여가 활동 가운데 하나라고 할 수 있다. 넷째, 텔레비전이 노동자들의 여가 활동에 끼친 영향력은 크지 않았다. 요컨대 1970년대 A자동차의 여가 활동을 통해 살펴본 노동자 문화는 당대 자본주의적 사회질서의 정당성에 의문을 던지는 정도의 것은 아니었으며, 자본주의적인 사회적 가치와 규범으로부터 일탈이라고 해석할 수 있는 측면들이 거의 없었다.

This study is concerned with understanding the auto workers’ leisure activities in the 1970s. The findings of this study are as follows: Firstly, the auto workers were forced to work for long hours every day in order to secure the physical survival of himself and his family. It caused the workers to seek to escape from the realities of his unpleasant existence through participation in negative and passive leisure activities such as nap and drinking. But in such circumstances drunkenness did not remain merely a vice for worker. Drunkenness often became a social phenomenon and was a necessary and inevitable result of certain economic and social conditions. And it was also a means to maintain the ties among fellow workers. Secondly, the line between work and leisure was often blurred. Much free time in the evening was spent in the company of one’s workmates. Thirdly workers did not spend much time in watching and hearing TV because of long working hours.

This study is concerned with understanding the auto workers’ leisure activities in the 1970s. The findings of this study are as follows: Firstly, the auto workers were forced to work for long hours every day in order to secure the physical survival of himself and his family. It caused the workers to seek to escape from the realities of his unpleasant existence through participation in negative and passive leisure activities such as nap and drinking. But in such circumstances drunkenness did not remain merely a vice for worker. Drunkenness often became a social phenomenon and was a necessary and inevitable result of certain economic and social conditions. And it was also a means to maintain the ties among fellow workers. Secondly, the line between work and leisure was often blurred. Much free time in the evening was spent in the company of one’s workmates. Thirdly workers did not spend much time in watching and hearing TV because of long working hours.

auto workers, leisure, drinking, TV