Childhood and consumer culture / edited by David Buckingham and Vebjørg Tingstad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tingstad, Vebjørg.

Buckingham, David, 1954-

Series:

Studies in childhood and youth

Studies in childhood and youth series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child consumers.

Consumption (Economics)--Sociological aspects.

Consumption (Economics).

Physical Description:

xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

"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 childrens engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction

D. Buckingham &

V. Tingstad

Part I: History of Childrens Consumption

Valves of Adult Desire: The Regulation and Incitement of Childrens Consumption

G. Cross

Proper Toys for Proper Children: A Case Study of the Norwegian Company A/S Riktige leker (Proper Toys)

T. Korsvold

The Books That Sing: The Marketing of Childrens Phonograph Records, 1890-1930

J. Smith

Part II: Theory and Method in Research on Childrens Consumption

Commercial Enculturation: Moving Beyond Consumer Socialization

D.T. Cook

Subjectivities of the Child Consumer: Beings and Becomings

B. Johansson

Researching Things, Objects and Gendered Consumption in Childhood Studies

C. Mitchell

Part III: Practices of Contemporary Marketers

Childrens Virtual Worlds: The Latest Commercialization of Childrens Culture

J. Wasko

Creating Long-lasting Brand Loyalty or a Passing Craze? Lessons from a Child Classic in Norway

I. Hagen &

. Nakken

The Cute, the Spectacle and the Practical: Narratives of New Parents and Babies at The Baby Show

L. Martens

Part IV: Social Contexts of Childrens Consumption

The Stuff at Moms House and the Stuff at Dads House: The Material Consumption of Divorce for Adolescents

C.Collins &

M. Janning

The Dao of Consumer Socialization: Raising Children in the Chinese Consumer Revolution

R. Wrdahl

Those Who Have Less Want More. But Does it Make Them Feel Bad? Deprivation, Materialism and Self-Esteem in Childhood

A. Nairn, P. Bottomley &

J. Ormrod

Part V: Childhood Identities and Consumption

Branded Selves: How Children Relate to Marketing on a Social Network Site

H. Skaar

Hello Were only in the Fifth Grade!!: Childrens Rights, Intergenerationality and Constructions of Gender in Public Discourses about Childhood

M. Rysst

One Meets Through Clothing: The Role of Fashion in the Identity Formation of Former Soviet Union Immigrant Youth in Israel

D. Lemish &

N. Elias.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230227835

023022783X

OCLC:

595738900