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Commodity Semiotics

Commodity Semiotics is a theoretical framework within the study of commodity culture that analyzes how social meanings, identities, and cultural values are systematically encoded, communicated, and transformed through the symbolic attributes of commodities in consumer societies.

41

Publications

6.3K

Citations

49

Authors

21

Institutions

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2017–2026

1

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Publications

41

The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Arjun Appadurai · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1988 · 2.2K citations

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Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities

Russell W. Belk, Grant McCracken · Journal of Marketing · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities

John F. Sherry, Grant McCracken · Journal of Marketing Research · 1989 · 776 citations

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The social life of things commodities in cultural perspective

1997 · 294 citations

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The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective.

Jonathan Parry, Arjun Appadurai · Man · 1988 · 249 citations

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Authors

49

  1. GM
    Grant McCracken

    University of Guelph, Canada

    4 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. AA
    Arjun Appadurai

    New York University, United States

    2 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. ML
    Mary Louise Roberts

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

    2

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  4. RF
    Robert F. Kelly

    Indiana University, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. KL
    Kiri Le Heron

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    1 publications · 15 citations

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Institutions

21

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  2. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  3. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  5. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

    Iasi, Romania

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  6. Trent University

    Peterborough, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    69 citations

  7. National Research University Higher School of Economics

    Moscow, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Lewis & Clark College

    Portland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    69 citations

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Venues

  1. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space

    3 publications · 283 citations

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  2. ACR North American Advances

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  3. Theory Culture & Society

    2 publications · 78 citations

    2

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 134 citations

    2

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  5. American Anthropologist

    1 publications · 69 citations

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