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Pilcher, J. (2011). No logo? children’s consumption of fashion.Childhood, 18(1) 128–141

Description: Pilchner describes the way in which fashion has become a part of children’s identity.  She examines how children view their clothes and the clothes of others as part of their identity formation.

Gordon, H. R., & Taft, J. K. (2011). Rethinking Youth Political Socialization: Teenage Activists Talk Back. Youth & Society, 43(4), 1499–1527. http://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X10386087

Description: Gordon and Taft compare and contrast two agents of socialization in the political process: adults and peers.  Through observations and interviews they conclude that adult centered research has misrepresented the way in which youth feel about and experience political activism.