Brings together writings on domestic consumption from the disciplines of sociology, media and cultural studies and feminist theory. Interrelated sections provide extracts which illustrate the book's themes which include the politics of domestic life, family unity and division.

This Reader brings together a broad range of critical work on on the everday practices and power relations of domestic consumption -drawing on material from sociology, women's studies and media and cultural studies. The book is divided into five main sections - on economics, food and clothing, leisure and media reception, household technologies, and the construction of home - and its selected contributions examine the social dynamics of gender: generation, class and ethnicity.