ISBN:
0805842047
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxv, 332 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Marketing and consumer psychology series
Parallel Title:
Print version Contemporary Consumption Rituals : A Research Anthology
DDC:
390
Keywords:
Consumption (Economics) Case studies
Abstract:
This work offers a multifaceted exploration of new rituals, such as Celebrating Kwanzaa and of the ways entrenched rituals, such as Mardi Gras, gift giving, and weddings have changed. Moreover, it examines the influence of both cultures and subcultures
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Contributor Biographies; Preface; Part I: Consumer Rituals and the Media; 1 Drinking Rituals Among the Heaviest Drinkers: College Student Binge Drinkers and Alcoholics; 2 Consuming Ritual: A&E's Sacred Rites and Rituals; Part II: Holidays and Consumption; 3 Ceremonial Disrobement and Moral Choice: Consumption Rituals at Mardi Gras; 4 Kwanzaa: The Making of a Black Nationalist Tradition, 1966-1990; 5 The Evolution, Transformation, and Demise of a Ritual: The Case of May Day
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Consumer Fairy Tales of the Perfect Christmas: Villains and Other Dramatis PersonaePart III: Wedding Rituals Across Cultures; 7 Love Without Borders: An Examination of Cross-Cultural Wedding Rituals; 8 Dowry: A Cherished Possession or an Old-Fashioned Tradition in a Modernizing Society?; Part IV: Gift Exchange; 9 Gift Exchange Rituals in the Workplace: A Social Roles Interpretation; 10 In the Spotlight: The Drama of Gift Reception; 11 Ritual Desire and Ritual Development: An Examination of Family Heirlooms in Contemporary North American Households; Part V: Pushing the Boundary of Ritual
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Moving on to Something Else: The Social Relations of Women During Separation13 Sacred Iconography in Secular Space: Altars, Alters, and Alterity at the Burning Man Project; Part VI: Afterword; 14 Interesting Stuff: A Commentary on Contemporary Consumption Rituals; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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