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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a return [[home]]

*1: a return [[home]]

'''Homecoming''' is the [[tradition]] of [[welcoming]] back former residents and alumni of an [[institution]]. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many [[universities]], colleges and high [[schools]] in North America. It usually includes [[activities]] for [[students]] and alumni, such as sports and [[culture]] [[events]] and a parade through the streets of the [[city]] or town.

'''Homecoming''' is the [[tradition]] of [[welcoming]] back former residents and alumni of an [[institution]]. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many [[universities]], colleges and high [[schools]] in North America. It usually includes [[activities]] for [[students]] and alumni, such as sports and [[culture]] [[events]] and a parade through the streets of the [[city]] or town.

==Cultural Reference==

==Cultural Reference==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hamner Earl Hamner, Jr]., creator of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons The Waltons], grew up an [[aspiring]] [[writer]] in the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler,_Virginia Schuyler, Virginia]. His early [[novel]], ''The Homecoming'', was a literary recollection of his own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_era Depression Era] [[childhood]], of which he speaks fondly: "We were in a depression, but we weren't [[depressed]]. We were poor, but nobody ever bothered to tell us that. To a skinny, awkward, red headed kid who secretly yearned to be a [[writer]] … each of those days seemed filled with [[wonder]]." In 1970, Lorimar Productions approached Hamner to create a one-hour television special based on The Homecoming, and hence, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons Walton family] made its television debut. Against the advice of reviewers and network executives who had little [[faith]] in the [[appeal]] of [[family]] programming, CBS took a [[chance]] and placed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons The Waltons] in a Thursday night prime-time slot. To the [[surprise]] of many, the series not only held its own, but [[maintained]] a number eight position in the ratings for years to follow.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hamner Earl Hamner, Jr]., creator of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons The Waltons], grew up an [[aspiring]] [[writer]] in the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler,_Virginia Schuyler, Virginia]. His early [[novel]], ''The Homecoming'', was a literary recollection of his own [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_era Depression Era] [[childhood]], of which he speaks fondly: "We were in a depression, but we weren't [[depressed]]. We were poor, but nobody ever bothered to tell us that. To a skinny, awkward, red headed kid who secretly yearned to be a [[writer]] … each of those days seemed filled with [[wonder]]." In 1970, Lorimar Productions approached Hamner to create a one-hour television special based on The Homecoming, and hence, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons Walton family] made its television debut. Against the advice of reviewers and network executives who had little [[faith]] in the [[appeal]] of [[family]] programming, CBS took a [[chance]] and placed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons The Waltons] in a Thursday night prime-time slot. To the [[surprise]] of many, the series not only held its own, but [[maintained]] a number eight position in the ratings for years to follow.

The [[family]]'s unifying [[force]], however, and perhaps the [[focal point]] of the show's broad demographic [[appeal]], was that [[family]] members always [[maintained]] a high level of [[respect]] for one other, finding genuine [[joy]] in living while nevertheless working out the internal and external [[conflicts]] that defined their daily lives on Walton's Mountain. Perhaps, too, The Waltons fulfilled a [[desire]] in post-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60's 1960s] America to return to a [[simpler]] time when families still ate supper [[together]] at the kitchen table, the General Merchandise was the [[social]] and [[economic]] hub of a [[community]], and, at the end of a hard but [[honest]] day, familiar [[voices]] in the [[darkness]] of a white clapboard farmhouse could be heard to say, "Good night, John-Boy."

The [[family]]'s unifying [[force]], however, and perhaps the [[focal point]] of the show's broad demographic [[appeal]], was that [[family]] members always [[maintained]] a high level of [[respect]] for one other, finding genuine [[joy]] in living while nevertheless working out the internal and external [[conflicts]] that defined their daily lives on Walton's Mountain. Perhaps, too, The Waltons fulfilled a [[desire]] in post-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60's 1960s] America to return to a [[simpler]] time when families still ate supper [[together]] at the kitchen table, the General Merchandise was the [[social]] and [[economic]] hub of a [[community]], and, at the end of a hard but [[honest]] day, familiar [[voices]] in the [[darkness]] of a white clapboard farmhouse could be heard to say, "Good night, John-Boy."

[[Category: Sociology]]

[[Category: Sociology]]