Childhood and Consumer Culture [electronic resource] /
Buckingham, D.editor.
Tingstad, V.editor.
In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. History of children's consumption -- pt. 2. Theory and method in research on children's consumption -- pt. 3. Practices of contemporary marketers -- pt. 4. Social contexts of children's consumption -- pt. 5. Childhood identities and consumption.
In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings.
Economic sociology.
Culture.
Social groups.
Family.
Youth—Social life and customs.
Social work.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Youth Culture.
Social Work.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.