Reviews for Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture

The average rating for Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-03 00:00:00 Winifred Serfontein A disappointment. Long on theory and jargon and wordplay-- short on interviews, vignettes, and images. But it was good to brush up on sociological lingo, especially concerning children, mass consumption, and race. And there were a few nuggets along with the dross. So I would recommend-- it's subject matter is unique. BUT IT SEEMS TO BE part of a growing series of books where the sociology Ph. D. candidate studies the 'hood, leaves the 'hood, nothing changes in the 'hood, but the sociologist gets her Ph. D. and a cushy job teaching in California and lives happily ever after. The End.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-01-13 00:00:00 Charles Ross Consumption is structured by social inequality. My favorite section was the chapter detailing what the kids bought on the "shopping spree" and how these purchases related to their social worlds. The chapter on playing with Barbie was also great.