Childhood and Markets: Infants, Parents and the Business of Child Caring

by Lydia Martens

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This book explores how young children and new families are located in the consumer world of affluent societies. The author assesses the way in which the value of infants and monetary value in markets are realized together, and examines how the meanings of childhood are enacted in the practices, narratives and materialities of contemporary markets. These meanings formulate what is important in the care of young children, creating moralities that impact...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0230284256

ISBN13:9780230284258

Release Date:July 2018

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:277 Pages

Weight:1.39 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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Social Science Social Sciences

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