Connectedness and Worthiness for the Embedded Self: A Material Culture Perspective

Autor:	Deborah D. Heisley, Deborah Cours
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Marketing Dialectic Economics and Econometrics Social Psychology Social connectedness Self Perspective (graphical) Context (language use) Object (philosophy) Epistemology Social order Anthropology Kinship Sociology Social psychology
Zdroj:	Consumption Markets & Culture. 10:425-450
ISSN:	1477-223X 1025-3866
DOI:	10.1080/10253860701566424
Popis:	This article is based on a study of intergenerational transfers of contaminated objects, colloquially referred to as “heirlooms.” Motivations and processes are described within the central dialectic of an individual actor seeking positive affect through the pursuit of connectedness and worthiness and in the context of the larger social order. Object symbolism is examined from the perspectives of the individual actor, society, and culture. The family is conceptualized as a special case of the “other.” A theoretical framework is developed that draws extensively on Walter Goldschmidt’s notion of “The Culturally Embedded Self” in The Human Career: The Self in a Symbolic World (1990) and on Sidney Levy’s work as presented in Brands, Consumers, Symbols, and Research (1999). This framework is referred to with the acronym MOSES for Motivations, Object Symbolism, and the Embedded Self.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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