Ribbon culture : charity, compassion, and public awareness /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Sarah E. H., 1979-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bastingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Ribbon-wearing : towards a theoretical framework
  • Flags and poppies : charity tokens of the early twentieth century
  • Ribbon histories
  • Symbolic uses of the ribbon
  • 'Showing awareness' and the 1960s counter-culture : breaking rules and finding the self
  • Worry as a manifestation of awareness : the implications of 'thinking pink'
  • The commercialisation of charity and the commodification of compassion
  • Conclusion.