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Author Moore, Sarah E. H., 1979-

Title Ribbon culture : charity, compassion, and public awareness / Sarah E.H. Moore
Published Bastingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Description ix, 190 pages ; 23 cm
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-186) and index
Subject Charities -- History.
Signs and symbols -- History.
Ribbons.
LC no. 2007048551
ISBN 0230549217 (alk. paper)
9780230549210 (alk. paper)