Consuming families : buying, making, producing family life in the 21st century / by Jo Lindsay and JaneMaree Maher.
"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, alcohol and drug addiction, social networkin...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in sociology ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Family Life and Consumption in the 21st Century
- 2. Consuming Goods and Ideals in Family Life
- 3. Text Me: The "Mediation" of Everyday Family Life
- 4. The "Big" Issues of Childhood: Family Responsibility for Children's Weight
- 5. Youth Drinking and Family Alcohol Cultures
- 6. Seeing It and Doing It: Young People, Families and Sex
- Conclusion: A New Purchase on Family Life.