Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture by Elizabeth Chin

Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture

Elizabeth Chin

280 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 ...

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