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sneakers/trainers  

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  • Sneakers, or trainers as they are called in Britain, are shoes that are a product of particular consumer histories grounded in youth, sports, and subcultures. They are central to debates about the shifting meanings of fashion, popular culture, and consumption in the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Sneakers/Trainers]

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