Allison Pugh: 2 books
Longing and Belonging
Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Even as they see their wages go down and their buying power decrease, many parents are still putting their kids' material desires first. These parents struggle with how to handle children's consumer wants, which continue unabated despite the economic downturn. And, indeed, parents and other adults...
The Tumbleweed Society
Working and Caring in an Age of Insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
In The Tumbleweed Society, Allison Pugh offers a moving exploration of sacrifice, betrayal, defiance, and resignation, as people cope in a society where relationships and jobs seem to change constantly. Based on eighty in-depth interviews with parents who have varied experiences of job insecurity...