Title
Girl YouTubers in Peru as economic agents negotiating gender and class identities
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Ltd
Abstract
The study examines the role of children as producers, distributors, and consumers in the digital realm. Additionally, it also explores class and gender identities they create and perform in this modality. We focus on young female YouTubers (8–11 years old) from Peru, a country that has experienced significant economic expansion in the first decades of the 21st century. The study analyzes 40 videos created by five girl YouTubers. The discussion addresses the economic role children perform in the digital economy as they produce value through content creation, distribute goods, and engage in globalized consumption. The paper also discusses the ways girls display gender and class identities in their products and their consumption patterns. Throughout the analysis, we use the key concept of children’s agency; the discussion reveals both the concept’s reach and limitations in the context of consumer culture, gender regimes, and neoliberal policies.
Start page
331
End page
343
Volume
11
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Economía Otras ingenierías y tecnologías
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85117821870
Source
Global Studies of Childhood
ISSN of the container
20436106
Sponsor(s)
Instituto de Investigación Científica de la Universidad de Lima
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus