Scandinavian Early Childhood and Consumer Culture

Download or read book Scandinavian Early Childhood and Consumer Culture written by Tora Korsvold and published by Vigmostad & Bjørke. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 20th century consumer culture came to play a dominant and defining role in Western societies. Scandinavian Early Childhood and Consumer Culture provides insights into how, in the Scandinavian countries in general, and in Norway in particular, childhood had been imagined and children have acted as consumers in a modern consumer society. The book contains new historical and empirical studies. Tora Korsvold is professor of Early Childhood Education at Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education, Trondheim, Norway.