Consuming Families: Buying, Making, Producing Family Life in the 21st Century Contributor(s): Lindsay, Jo (Author), Maher, Janemaree (Author) |
|
ISBN: 1138952419 ISBN-13: 9781138952416 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Women's Studies - Family & Relationships |
Dewey: 306.85 |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 184 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book explores contemporary families as sites of consumption, examining the changing contexts of family life, where new forms of family are altering how family life is practised and produced, and addressing key social issues - childhood obesity, alchohol and drug addiction, social networking, viral marketing - that put pressure on families as the social, economic and regulatory environments of consumption change. |