Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Tingstad, Vebjørg.
• Buckingham, David, 1954-

Description

xiii, 266 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

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.

Series Statement

Studies in childhood and youth series

Uniform Title

Studies in childhood and youth.

Subjects

• Child consumers
• Consumption (Economics) > Sociological aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Call Number

JBD 10-1107

ISBN

• 9780230227835 (hardback)
• 023022783X (hardback)

LCCN

2010012007

OCLC

YBP 2010012007

Title

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

Imprint

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Series

Studies in childhood and youth series

Studies in childhood and youth.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Tingstad, Vebjørg.

Buckingham, David, 1954-

Research Call Number

JBD 10-1107