Faith, hope and love: doing family through consuming pilgrimage

Higgins, Leighanne; Hamilton, Kathy

doi:10.1080/0267257x.2014.929162

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“…By adopting this perspective, the paper illustrates how consumption experiences contribute to plotting a family history that involves influences and tendencies originating from different, sometimes previously unknown, biographical horizons. The work emphasizes how, during vacations, sharing consumption experiences provides a vehicle for the process of making home abroad (Higgins & Hamilton, 2014;Obrador, 2012) and facilitate displaying historical meanings. Some of those historical meanings are otherwise at risk of being lost among the multiplicity of biographical trajectories that are encountered in a unit that happens to be called "a family".…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, in addition to the normal routine of "doing family" (Morgan, 1996) -"that refers to the practicalities and activities that a family undertakes as a means of building and strengthening their intimate familial social world." (Higgins & Hamilton, 2014: p. 1591) -families also display their consumption experiences so as to claim historical connections.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Oneself for another: The construction of intimacy in a world of strangers

Gaviria

2016

Journal of Business Research

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Drawing on the stories of 12 migrants from Latin America who live in Belgium, and following a poetic methodological approach, this paper focuses on the extraordinary and magical moments of family vacation times in places where the family has biographical linkages. The work illustrates how traveling to these mystical places and immersing oneself back there temporarily on a typical day-to-day routine, supports the family in the process of re-imagining a past that was previously unknown for some family members and barely perceived in Belgium. The paper draws the reader's attention to how certain experiences of consumption, which occur in special microplaces, during exceptional times, play an essential role in the processes of shaping a unique family history in a world of strangers.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Oneself for another: The construction of intimacy in a world of strangers

Gaviria

2016

Journal of Business Research

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“…For instance, empirical research on the consumption of religious artifacts is still very limited; exceptions include Higgins and Hamilton's (2011) analysis of the crucifix as a vessel for building a connection with God through consumption as well as Rinallo et al's (2012b) similar work on the rosary. In contrast, sacred spaces such as pilgrimage sites and the consumption practices around them, from shopping to gift-giving, have received considerable attention (Higgins and Hamilton 2014;Moufahim 2013;Scott and Maclaran 2012;Turley 2012;Kedzior 2012). While not usually discussed in terms of consumer ethics, the consumption of the religious is sometimes criticized.…”

Section: Religion Marketing and Ethics In A Multicultural And Seculmentioning

confidence: 95%

Brands and Religion in the Secularized Marketplace and Workplace: Insights from the Case of an Italian Hospital Renamed After a Roman Catholic Pope

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Religion is considered a cornerstone of business ethics, yet the values held dear by a religion, when professed by business organizations serving heterogeneous market segments in secularized societies, can generate conflict and resistance. In this paper, we report findings from a study of stakeholder reactions to the renaming of an Italian public hospital. After the construction of new facilities, the hospital was renamed for the recently canonized Roman Catholic Pope John XXIII. Contrary to expectations, we found no evidence of public criticism surrounding the name change. A fine-grained analysis of a sample of 734 respondents belonging to different stakeholder groups revealed that consumers (patients and citizens) predominantly supported the name change, while employees were often critical and concerned about possible religious influences on medical practice and scientific research. Moving beyond our empirical setting, we propose a process model of brand-religion alignment inspired by McCracken's (J Consum Res 13(1): 71-84, 1986) meaning transfer model, which considers both the alignment process and its reception by relevant audiences. The study also presents managerial implications useful for those brand managers who wish to create effective, respectful links with religion.

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“…Data collection occurred during two stages, with the first being a hybrid ethnography carried out in South America (O'Sullivan, 2016), including the use of participant observation, informal conversations, autoethnography, tourist storytelling, and interviewing (Higgins & Hamilton, 2014;Lofland & Lofland, 1995;McCracken, 1988;Schouten & McAlexander & Koenig, 2007;Stewart, 1998). After securing on-going access with the participants, the second ethnographic stage took place after the tourists had returned to the West and shifted towards the use of VoIP face-to-face methods (Fetterman, 2010;Iacono, Symonds & Brown, 2016).…”

Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%