Reflexive Dispossession and the Self: Constructing a Processual Theory of Identity

Cherrier, Hélène; Murray, Jeff B.

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“…Gergen 1991, Giddens 1991), consumers' identity projects often involve identity conflicts (e.g. Thompson et al 1990;Thompson 1996;Thompson and Haytko 1997;Fournier 1998;Murray 2002;Holt and Thompson 2004;Arnold and Thompson 2005;Ahuvia 2005;Cherrier and Murray 2007). Ahuvia (2005) discussed strategies which consumers in his U.S study used in coping with their identity conflicts related to symbolic consumption, but he neglected the conditions under which consumers follow different strategies.…”

Section: Consumers' Sense Of Self-coherencementioning

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The interrelationship between desired and undesired selves and consumption: The case of Greek female consumers' experiences

Karanika¹,

Hogg²

2010

Journal of Marketing Management

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Abstract:Earlier work on identity, self and consumption identified that desired and undesired selves play a significant role in the important global phenomenon of symbolic consumption but neglected to investigate and conceptualize the interrelationship between desired and undesired selves and consumption. Phenomenological interviews with Greek women are used to elicit consumption experiences linked to positive and negative aspects of the self. The interrelationships between desired and undesired selves in consumption were characterized by two patterns (firstly conflicting and secondly compatible desired and undesired selves) that could be linked to consumers' different strategies. Examining these strategies, we extend previous work on the strategies that consumers use to handle identity issues. Finally, we evaluate this theory-building derived from the Greek empirical data within the context of U.S. generated theory about individuals' ways of dealing with self-coherence issues through symbolic consumption; we identify consumers' sense of baffled self and ambivalence in the emotions surrounding consumption.

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Section: Consumers' Sense Of Self-coherencementioning

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The interrelationship between desired and undesired selves and consumption: The case of Greek female consumers' experiences

Karanika¹,

Hogg²

2010

Journal of Marketing Management

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“…As such, we now have a better understanding of the way individuals construct both their social identity and self-perception through consumption objects [5,17], and we are more knowledgeable of the implications that processes of disposition of possessions have [14].…”

Section: The Role Of Consumption In Identity Constructionmentioning

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The Impact of Technology-Mediated Consumption on Identity: The case of Airbnb

Festila¹,

Müller²

2017

Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2017)

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“…Balderjahn et al 2013;De Groot et al 2016;Shaw et al 2000;Shaw and Clarke 1999;Sparks and Shepherd 1992;Thøgersen 1996) and (2) those that focus on experience and sociocultural dynamics. These, in turn, reflect emerging trends in the wider consumption canon, with identity (see, for example, Bartels and Onwezen 2014;Cherrier 2006;Cherrier and Murray 2007;Luedicke et al 2009) and theories of practice (e.g. Connolly and Prothero 2008;Garcia-Ruiz and Rodriguez-Lluesma 2014;Moraes et al 2015;Røpke 2009;Shaw and Riach 2011).…”

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Everything Flows: A Pragmatist Perspective of Trade-Offs and Value in Ethical Consumption

Hiller

Woodall

2018

J Bus Ethics

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The debate around ethical consumption is often characterised by discussion of its numerous failures arising from complexity in perceived trade-offs. In response, this paper advances a pragmatist understanding of the role and nature of trade-offs in ethical consumption. In doing so, it draws on the central roles of values and value in consumption and pragmatist philosophical thought, and proposes a critique of the ethical consumer as rational maximiser and the cognitive and utilitarian discourse of individual trade-offs to understand how sustainable consumption practices are established and maintained. An in-depth qualitative study is conducted employing phenomenological interviews and hermeneutic analysis to explore the consumption stories of a group of ethically minded consumers. The research uncovers the location of value within a fluid, yet habitual, plurality of patterns, preferences, morals, identities and relationships. Its contribution is to propose that consumer perception of value in moral judgements is represented by an overall form of aggregate personal advantage, which lacks conscious reflection and delivers a phenomenological form of value rooted in habits, reflecting a pragmatist representation of value unified as a 'consummatory experience'.

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Reflexive Dispossession and the Self: Constructing a Processual Theory of Identity

Cited by 172 publications

References 37 publications

The interrelationship between desired and undesired selves and consumption: The case of Greek female consumers' experiences

The interrelationship between desired and undesired selves and consumption: The case of Greek female consumers' experiences

The Impact of Technology-Mediated Consumption on Identity: The case of Airbnb

Everything Flows: A Pragmatist Perspective of Trade-Offs and Value in Ethical Consumption

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