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- catalog abstract "Annotation What does it mean to be young, poor, and black in our consumer culture? Are black children "brand-crazed consumer addicts" willing to kill each other over a pair of the latest Nike Air Jordans or Barbie backpack? In this first in-depth account of the consumer lives of poor and working-class black children, Elizabeth Chin enters the world of children living in hardship in order to understand the ways they learn to manage living poor in a wealthy society. To move beyond the stereotypical images of black children obsessed with status symbols, Chin spent two years interviewing poor children in New Haven, Connecticut, about where and how they spend their money. An alternate image of the children emerges, one that puts practicality ahead of status in their purchasing decisions. On a twenty-dollar shopping spree with Chin, one boy has to choose between a walkie-talkie set and an X-Men figure. In one of the most painful moments of her research, Chin watches as Davy struggles with his decision. He finally takes the walkie-talkie set, a toy that might be shared with his younger brother. Through personal anecdotes and compelling stories ranging from topics such as Christmas and birthday gifts, shopping malls, Toys-R-Us, neighborhood convenience shops, school lunches, ethnically correct toys, and school supplies, Chin critically examines consumption as a medium through which social inequalities -- most notably of race, class, and gender -- are formed, experienced, imposed, and resisted. Along the way she acknowledges the profound constraints under which the poor and working class must struggle in their daily lives.".
- catalog contributor b12153563.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "1. Consumption in context -- 2. The shadow of Whiteness -- 3. "What are you looking at, you White people?" -- 4. Hemmed in and shut out -- 5. Anthropologist takes inner-city children on shopping sprees -- 6. Ethnically correct dolls: toying with the race industry -- Conclusion -- Afterword: The return to the scene of the crime -- Appendixes. Appendix A: Selected household characteristics of main study group ; Appendix B: This is our community and this is what we think: kids as collaborators in anthropological research / Natalia Brooks [and others] ; Appendix C: Project interview for children's oral history project.".
- catalog description "Annotation What does it mean to be young, poor, and black in our consumer culture? Are black children "brand-crazed consumer addicts" willing to kill each other over a pair of the latest Nike Air Jordans or Barbie backpack? In this first in-depth account of the consumer lives of poor and working-class black children, Elizabeth Chin enters the world of children living in hardship in order to understand the ways they learn to manage living poor in a wealthy society. To move beyond the stereotypical images of black children obsessed with status symbols, Chin spent two years interviewing poor children in New Haven, Connecticut, about where and how they spend their money. An alternate image of the children emerges, one that puts practicality ahead of status in their purchasing decisions. On a twenty-dollar shopping spree with Chin, one boy has to choose between a walkie-talkie set and an X-Men figure. In one of the most painful moments of her research, Chin watches as Davy struggles with his decision. He finally takes the walkie-talkie set, a toy that might be shared with his younger brother. Through personal anecdotes and compelling stories ranging from topics such as Christmas and birthday gifts, shopping malls, Toys-R-Us, neighborhood convenience shops, school lunches, ethnically correct toys, and school supplies, Chin critically examines consumption as a medium through which social inequalities -- most notably of race, class, and gender -- are formed, experienced, imposed, and resisted. Along the way she acknowledges the profound constraints under which the poor and working class must struggle in their daily lives.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-245) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 258 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0816635102 (HC : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816635110 (PB : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,".
- catalog spatial "Connecticut New Haven.".
- catalog subject "306.3/089/96073 21".
- catalog subject "African American children Connecticut New Haven.".
- catalog subject "African American consumers Connecticut New Haven.".
- catalog subject "Consumption (Economics) Connecticut New Haven.".
- catalog subject "HC107.C8 C47 2001".
- catalog subject "Purchasing power Connecticut New Haven.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Consumption in context -- 2. The shadow of Whiteness -- 3. "What are you looking at, you White people?" -- 4. Hemmed in and shut out -- 5. Anthropologist takes inner-city children on shopping sprees -- 6. Ethnically correct dolls: toying with the race industry -- Conclusion -- Afterword: The return to the scene of the crime -- Appendixes. Appendix A: Selected household characteristics of main study group ; Appendix B: This is our community and this is what we think: kids as collaborators in anthropological research / Natalia Brooks [and others] ; Appendix C: Project interview for children's oral history project.".
- catalog title "Purchasing power : Black kids and American consumer culture / Elizabeth Chin.".
- catalog type "text".