Yasemin Besen-Cassino: Consuming Work

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>The social meaning of work from youths' perspectives<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781439909485&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1518_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Consuming Work</h1> <H2>Youth Labor in America</H2> <h3>Yasemin Besen-Cassino</h3> <P>cloth 1-4399-0948-2 $84.50, Nov 13, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <br>paper 1-4399-0949-0 $25.95, Nov 13, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-4399-0950-4 $25.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <BR> 204 pp 6x9 13 tables 17 figures </P><P>Youth labor is an important element in our modern economy, but as students’ consumption habits have changed, so too have their reasons for working. In <i>Consuming Work</i>, Yasemin Besen-Cassino reveals that many American high school and college students work for social reasons, not monetary gain. Most are affluent, suburban, white youth employed in part-time jobs at places like the Coffee Bean so they can be associated with a cool brand, hang out with their friends, and get discounts. <P><i>Consuming Work</i> offers a fascinating picture of youth at work and how jobs are marketed to these students. Besen-Cassino also shows how the roots of gender and class inequality in the labor force have their beginnings in this critical labor sector. <P>Exploring the social meaning of youth at work, and providing critical insights into labor and the youth workforce, <i>Consuming Work</i> contributes a deeper understanding of the changing nature of American labor. <BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Yasemin Besen-Cassino</b> is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Montclair State University. She is the co-author (with Dan Cassino) of <i>Consuming Politics: Jon Stewart, Branding, and the Youth Vote in America</i>, and co-editor (with Michael Kimmel) of <i>The Jessie Bernard Reader</i>.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/youth.html" TARGET="_top">Youth Studies</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/labor.html" TARGET="_top">Labor Studies and Work</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/sociology.html" TARGET="_top">Sociology</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781439909485&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2013 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2241_reg.html</font></p>