The Consumption of Inequality
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family
| Author: | K. Halnon | ISBN: | 9781137352491 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | September 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | K. Halnon |
| ISBN: | 9781137352491 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | September 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
The fads, fashions, and media in popular consumer culture frequently make recreational and ideological "fun" of poverty and lower class living. In this book, Halnon delineates how incarceration, segregation, stigmatization, cultural and social consecration, and carnivalization work in the production and consumption of inequality.
The fads, fashions, and media in popular consumer culture frequently make recreational and ideological "fun" of poverty and lower class living. In this book, Halnon delineates how incarceration, segregation, stigmatization, cultural and social consecration, and carnivalization work in the production and consumption of inequality.
