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Longing and belonging : parents, children, and consumer culture /

Even as they see their wages go down and their buying power decrease, many parents are still putting their kids" material desires first. These parents struggle with how to handle children"s consumer wants, which continue unabated despite the economic downturn. And, indeed, parents and othe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pugh, Allison J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Care and belonging in the market
  • Differences in common: studying inequality
  • Making do: children and the economy of dignity
  • Ambivalence and allowances: affluent parents respond
  • The alchemy of desire into need: dilemmas of low-income parenting
  • Saying no: resisting children's consumer desires
  • Consuming contexts, buying hope: shaping the pathways of children
  • Conclusion : Beyond the tyranny of sameness.