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Consumer Rituals

Consumer Rituals is a symbolic social practice within the anthropology of consumption that comprises repetitive, culturally patterned behaviors centered on the acquisition, use, and disposal of goods, distinguished by its performative enactment of identity, status, and communal belonging through routinized consumption activities.

96

Publications

11.4K

Citations

160

Authors

92

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

96

Culture and Consumption: A Theoretical Account of the Structure and Movement of the Cultural Meaning of Consumer Goods

Grant McCracken · Journal of Consumer Research · 1986 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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The Sacred and the Profane in Consumer Behavior: Theodicy on the Odyssey

Russell W. Belk, Melanie Wallendorf, John F. Sherry · Journal of Consumer Research · 1989 · 1.7K citations

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The Ritual Dimension of Consumer Behavior

Dennis W. Rook · Journal of Consumer Research · 1985 · 814 citations · Full text

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Selves in Transition: Symbolic Consumption in Personal Rites of Passage and Identity Reconstruction

John W. Schouten · Journal of Consumer Research · 1991 · 777 citations

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Consumerism, reflexivity and the medical encounter

Deborah Lupton · Social Science & Medicine · 1997 · 606 citations

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Authors

160

  1. RW
    Russell W. Belk

    York University, Canada

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

    6

    h-index

  2. DW
    Dennis W. Rook

    University of Southern California, United States

    2 publications · 864 citations

    2

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  3. EP
    Elizabeth Pleck

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 119 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. CC
    Cele C. Otnes

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 185 citations

    2

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  5. LP
    Lee Phillip McGinnis

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

    2

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1–5 of 160

Institutions

92

  1. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    413 citations

  2. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  3. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  4. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  5. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    790 citations

  6. University of Strathclyde

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    300 citations

  7. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    192 citations

  8. Stonehill College

    Easton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Consumer Research

    JCR · 8 publications · 7.1K citations

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  2. ACR North American Advances

    8 publications · 285 citations

    8

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  3. Journal of Consumer Culture

    JOC · 3 publications · 105 citations

    3

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 98 citations

    3

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  5. Marketing Theory

    MT · 2 publications · 70 citations

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