Overview
This diverse collection addresses not only the roles assigned to children in the context of nineteenth-century consumer culture, but also children themselves as agents in the formation of that culture. Topics include child performers on the Victorian stage; imperialism in adventure fiction; gender, sexuality and consumerism; and the commercialization of orphans. The essays demonstrate the rising investment children and adults made in commodities as sources of identity and human worth.
- | Author: Dennis Denisoff
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Apr 28, 2008
- | Number of Pages: 256 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0754661563
- | ISBN-13: 9780754661566
