Consumer Culture Theory

Research in Consumer Behavior

Series Editor: Russell W. Belk

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Consumer Culture Theory

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Domen Bajde

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Dannie Kjeldgaard

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Russell W. Belk

York University, Canada

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List of Contributorsvii
List of Figuresix
List of Tablesxi
Introduction Consumer Culture Fairy Tales
Domen Bajde, Dannie Kjeldgaard and Russell W. Belk
1
Part I Objects and Their Doings
Chapter 1 Love and Locks: Consumers Making Pilgrimages and Performing Love Rituals
Stéphane Borraz
7
Chapter 2 The Life and Death of Anthony Barbie: A Consumer Culture Tale of Lovers, Butlers, and Crashers
Luciana Walther
23
Chapter 3 “When Your Dog Matches Your Decor”: Object Agency of Living and Non-living Entities in Home Assemblage
Henna Syrjälä and Anu Norrgrann
39
Chapter 4 “I’m Only a Guardian of these Objects”: Vintage Traders, Curatorial Consumption and the Meaning(s) of Objects
Omar Khaled Abdelrahman, Emma Banister and Daniel Hampson
55
Part II Glocalization
Chapter 5 Story of Cool: Journey from the West to Emerging Arab Countries
Hela Zouaoui and Fatma Smaoui
73
Chapter 6 Ethnic Identification: Capital and Distinction among Second-generation British Indians
Anuja Pradhan, Hayley Cocker and Margaret K. Hogg
85
Chapter 7 Cognitive Polyphasia, Cultural Legitimacy and Behavior Change: The Case of the Illicit Alcohol Market in Kenya
Virginia N. Mwangi, Hayley L. Cocker and Maria G. Piacentini
103
Part III Constituting Markets
Chapter 8 Magic Towns: Creating the Consumer Fetish in Market Research Test Sites
Stefan Schwarzkopf
121
Chapter 9 Humanizing Market Relationships:The DIY Extended Family
Lydia Ottlewski, Johanna F. Gollnhofer and John W. Schouten
137
Chapter 10 Patriotism as Creative (Counter-)Conduct of Russian Fashion Designers
Olga Gurova
151
Chapter 11 Culinary Communication Practices: The Role of Retail Spaces in Producing Field-specific Cultural Capital
Cristina Galalae, Julie Emontspool and Omid Omidvar
169
Part IV Quoth the Raven
Chapter 12 Duck, it’s a Raven! Writing Stirring Stories with Andersen’s Sinister Shadow
Stephen Brown
185
Index197
Omar Khaled AbdelrahmanUniversity of Manchester, UK
Domen BajdeUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Emma BanisterUniversity of Manchester, UK
Russell W. BelkSchulich School of Business, York University, UK
Stéphane BorrazEDC Paris Business School, France
Stephen BrownUlster University, Northern Ireland
Hayley L. CockerLancaster University, UK
Julie EmontspoolUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Cristina GalalaeCoventry University, UK
Johanna F. GollnhoferUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Olga GurovaAalborg University, Denmark
Daniel HampsonUniversity of Manchester, UK
Margaret K. HoggLancaster University, UK
Dannie KjeldgaardUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Virginia N. MwangiLancaster University, UK
Anu NorrgrannHanken School of Economics, Finland
Omid OmidvarAston University, UK
Lydia OttlewskiUniversity of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Maria G. PiacentiniLancaster University, UK
Anuja PradhanLancaster University, UK
John W. SchoutenMemorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Stefan Schwarzkopf Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Fatma SmaouiUniversity of Tunis, Tunisia
Henna SyrjäläUniversity of Vaasa, Finland
Luciana WaltherFederal University of Sao Joao Del Rei, Brazil
Hela ZouaouiUniversity of Tunis, Tunisia
Chapter 3Fig. 1.The Agency of Non-human and Human, Living and Non-living Entities.43
Fig. 2.Distributed and Shared Agency in Relations Between Human, Animal, and Material Object.46
Chapter 4Fig. 1.One of Jamie’s Scientific Instruments: A Portable Potentiometer with Instructions for its “Use and Care.”67
Chapter 5Fig. 1.Five Shades of Cool: Spectrum of Meanings of Coolness.78
Fig. 2.Semiotic Square of Cool.80
Chapter 7Fig. 1.Process Theorization of Changing Perceptions.112
Chapter 1Table 1.Face-to-Face Interviews.11
Table 2.The Three Sequences of the Love Lock Ritual.14
Chapter 3Table 1.Data Sets of the Research.44
Chapter 5Table 1.Meanings of Cool and its Opposites.80
Chapter 6Table 1.Informants’ Demographic Profiles.91
Chapter 7Table 1.Summary of Data Sources.109
Chapter 11Table 1.Market Practices and Forms of Culinary Capital Exchanged at Food Festivals.175