Longing and Belonging Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture

Name: Longing and Belonging Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture
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ISBN: 9780520258440

ISBN-10: 0520258444

ISBN-13: 9780520258440

Edition: 2009

Authors: Allison Pugh, A. J. Pugh

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Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on children every year, and yet most Americans decry the materialism of modern childhoods. Why do children seem to desire so much, so often, so soon, and why do parents capitulate so readily? To determine what forces lie behind the onslaught of Nintendo Wiis and Bratz dolls, Allison Pugh spent three years observing and interviewing children and their families. InLonging and Belonging, she teases out the complex factors that contribute to this spending boom, from lunchroom conversations about Game Boys to the stark inequalities facing American children. Pugh finds that children's desires stem less from striving for status or falling victim to…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



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


Notes


Bibliography


Index