The Consumption of Inequality Weapons of Mass Distraction
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 consecratio
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10.1057/9781137352491 - The Consumption of Inequality, Karen Bettez Halnon
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The Consumption of Inequality
10.1057/9781137352491 - The Consumption of Inequality, Karen Bettez Halnon
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Weapons of Mass Distraction Karen Bettez Halnon
10.1057/9781137352491 - The Consumption of Inequality, Karen Bettez Halnon
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The Consumption of Inequality
the consumption of inequality Copyright © Karen Bettez Halnon, 2013
First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-35248-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Halnon, Karen Bettez, 1962The consumption of inequality : weapons of mass distraction / by Karen Bettez Halnon. pages cm Includes index. ISBN 978-1-137-35248-4 (alk. paper) 1. Social stratification—United States. 2. Consumption (Economics)— Social aspects—United States. 3. Poverty—United States. 4. Popular culture—United States. I. Title. HN90.S6H344 2013 305—dc23 2013008882 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: September 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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For William Paul Bettez (1966 to 1992) and James A. Lamoureaux (1963 to 2003)
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Weapons of Mass Distraction
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