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Winner of the Thomas McGann Award from the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies
Combining theories from the anthropology of consumption, cultural studies, and gender studies with the methodologies of social, cultural, and oral histories, Natalia Milanesio presentations the outstanding cultural and social visibility of low-source of revenue consumers in postwar Argentina in conjunction with their unprecedented economic and political influence. Her look at unearths the scope of the outstanding transformations fueled by the brand new market by examining the language and aesthetics of advertisement, the upward push of middle- and higher-class anxieties, and the profound changes in gender expectations.