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THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY CHILD AND CONSUMER CULTURE
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| By: |
Dennis Denisoff (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£34.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1351884956 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781351884952 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
18 November, 2016 |
| Series: |
Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Synopsis: |
During the rise of consumer culture in the nineteenth century, children and childhood were called on to fulfill a range of important roles. In addition to being consumers themselves, the young functioned as both 'goods' to be used and consumed by adults and as proof that middle-class materialist ventures were assisting in the formation of a more ethical society. Children also provided necessary labor and raw material for industry. This diverse collection addresses the roles assigned to children in the context of nineteenth-century consumer culture, at the same time that it remains steadfast in recognizing that the young did not simply exist within adult-articulated cultural contexts but were agents in their formation. Topics include toys and middle-class childhood; boyhood and toy theater; child performers on the Victorian stage; gender, sexuality and consumerism; imperialism in adventure fiction; the idealization of childhood as a form of adult entertainment and self-flattery; the commercialization of orphans; and the economics behind formulations of child poverty. Together, the essays demonstrate the rising investment both children and adults made in commodities as sources of identity and human worth. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
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Non-returnable |
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