diff --git a/django/views/generic/create_update.py b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
index 35ce31713d..f90891f0da 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/create_update.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from django.utils.httpwrappers import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ObjectDoesNotExist, ImproperlyConfigured
 
 def create_object(request, app_label, module_name, template_name=None, 
-                 extra_context=None, post_save_redirect=None, login_required=False):
+                 extra_context={}, post_save_redirect=None, login_required=False):
     """
     Generic object-creation function.
     
@@ -57,13 +57,16 @@ def create_object(request, app_label, module_name, template_name=None,
     c = Context(request, {
         'form' : form,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 def update_object(request, app_label, module_name, object_id=None, slug=None, 
                   slug_field=None, template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, 
-                  extra_context=None, post_save_redirect=None, login_required=False):
+                  extra_context={}, post_save_redirect=None, login_required=False):
     """
     Generic object-update function.
 
@@ -125,15 +128,18 @@ def update_object(request, app_label, module_name, object_id=None, slug=None,
         'form' : form,
         'object' : object,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     response = HttpResponse(t.render(c))
     populate_xheaders(request, response, app_label, module_name, getattr(object, object._meta.pk.name))
     return response
 
 def delete_object(request, app_label, module_name, post_delete_redirect, 
                   object_id=None, slug=None, slug_field=None, template_name=None, 
-                  extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None, login_required=False):
+                  extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}, login_required=False):
     """
     Generic object-delete function.
     
@@ -177,8 +183,11 @@ def delete_object(request, app_label, module_name, post_delete_redirect,
         c = Context(request, {
             'object' : object,
         })
-        if extra_context:
-            c.update(extra_context)
+        for key, value in extra_context.items():
+            if callable(value):
+                c[key] = value()
+            else:   
+                c[key] = value
         response = HttpResponse(t.render(c))
         populate_xheaders(request, response, app_label, module_name, getattr(object, object._meta.pk.name))
         return response
diff --git a/django/views/generic/date_based.py b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
index 80ac2647a1..0e5e4bf5d1 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/date_based.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.httpwrappers import HttpResponse
 import datetime, time
 
 def archive_index(request, app_label, module_name, date_field, num_latest=15, 
-                  template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None):
+                  template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic top-level archive of date-based objects.
 
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ def archive_index(request, app_label, module_name, date_field, num_latest=15,
         'date_list' : date_list,
         'latest' : latest,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 def archive_year(request, year, app_label, module_name, date_field, 
-                 template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None):
+                 template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic yearly archive view.
 
@@ -74,12 +77,15 @@ def archive_year(request, year, app_label, module_name, date_field,
         'date_list': date_list,
         'year': year,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 def archive_month(request, year, month, app_label, module_name, date_field, 
-                  template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None):
+                  template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic monthly archive view.
 
@@ -121,12 +127,15 @@ def archive_month(request, year, month, app_label, module_name, date_field,
         'object_list': object_list,
         'month': date,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 def archive_day(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field, 
-                template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None, 
+                template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}, 
                 allow_empty=False):
     """
     Generic daily archive view.
@@ -167,8 +176,11 @@ def archive_day(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field,
         'previous_day': date - datetime.timedelta(days=1),
         'next_day': (date < datetime.date.today()) and (date + datetime.timedelta(days=1)) or None,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 def archive_today(request, **kwargs):
@@ -185,7 +197,7 @@ def archive_today(request, **kwargs):
 
 def object_detail(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field, 
                   object_id=None, slug=None, slug_field=None, template_name=None, 
-                  template_name_field=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None):
+                  template_name_field=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic detail view from year/month/day/slug or year/month/day/id structure.
 
@@ -227,8 +239,11 @@ def object_detail(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field,
     c = Context(request, {
         'object': object,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     response = HttpResponse(t.render(c))
     populate_xheaders(request, response, app_label, module_name, getattr(object, object._meta.pk.name))
     return response
diff --git a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
index 4723f254ab..1254eb93dd 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.core.paginator import ObjectPaginator, InvalidPage
 from django.core.exceptions import Http404, ObjectDoesNotExist
 
 def object_list(request, app_label, module_name, paginate_by=None, allow_empty=False, 
-                template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None):
+                template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic list of objects.
 
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ def object_list(request, app_label, module_name, paginate_by=None, allow_empty=F
         })
     if len(object_list) == 0 and not allow_empty:
         raise Http404
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     if not template_name:
         template_name = "%s/%s_list" % (app_label, module_name)
     t = template_loader.get_template(template_name)
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ def object_list(request, app_label, module_name, paginate_by=None, allow_empty=F
 
 def object_detail(request, app_label, module_name, object_id=None, slug=None, 
                   slug_field=None, template_name=None, template_name_field=None, 
-                  extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context=None):
+                  extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic list of objects.
 
@@ -102,8 +105,11 @@ def object_detail(request, app_label, module_name, object_id=None, slug=None,
     c = Context(request, {
         'object' : object,
     })
-    if extra_context:
-        c.update(extra_context)
+    for key, value in extra_context.items():
+        if callable(value):
+            c[key] = value()
+        else:   
+            c[key] = value
     response = HttpResponse(t.render(c))
     populate_xheaders(request, response, app_label, module_name, getattr(object, object._meta.pk.name))
     return response