Material Child: Growing Up in Consumer Culture

by David Buckingham

Book Overview

Children today are growing up in an increasingly commercialised world. But should we see them as victims of manipulative marketing, or as competent participants in consumer culture?

The Material Child provides a comprehensive critical overview of debates about children's changing engagement with the commercial market. It moves from broad overviews of the theory and history of children's consumption to insightful case studies of key areas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745647715
• ISBN13: 9780745647715
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"