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Longing and belonging : parents, children, and consumer culture / Allison J. Pugh.

Author/creator Pugh, Allison J.
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxvii, 301 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
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Subject(s)
Consumer behavior--Social aspects --California --Case studies.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects --California --Case studies.
Child consumers--California --Case studies.
Parent and child--California --Case studies.
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-291) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008037216
ISBN9780520258440 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520258444 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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