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abstract conceptualizations
, 141
acculturation
, 86–88, 95, 100–101
reconceptualized
, 88
acculturation
, 76–77, 85–89, 93–94, 97–99, 106
agents
, 87, 95
literature
, 86–87
paradigm
, 88
processes
, 88, 98
studies
, 99
acculturation theory
, 98
developing
, 88
acquired social capital
, 96
adoption of vibrators
, 88, 98., see also sexual relations
“advertising pressure”
, 125, 127
aesthetic
, 42, 45, 48, 50–52, 98, 164, 172
angle
, 45
assemblage
, 51
matching
, 48
objectives
, 50
African American vernacular
, 74
agency
, 8, 12, 19, 23–26, 29–32, 34–37, 39–45
distributed
, 41, 46–49, 51–52
human
, 41
non-human
, 41–42, 51
non-living
, 40–41
oscillating
, 42
agentic nature
, 23–24, 28
antisocial adolescents
, 190
Arabic-Islamic and Western cultures
, 76
assemblages
, 23, 25, 27, 29, 35–36, 46, 48–49, 121–123, 132, 146
couple-vibrator
, 29
techno-social cyborgean
, 28
Assemblage theory
, 123, 192
assemblages of material objects
, 23
Associação Brasileira das Empresas do Mercado Erótico (ABEME)
, 24
authoritarian
, 153–155, 163
country
, 153
societies
, 163
states
, 154
Autoethnographic
, 39, 41, 44–45, 49
data
, 45
observations
, 44
“categories of practice”
, 153
CCT.
, see consumer culture theory (CCT)
clitoral masturbation
, 31, 34., see also electric massager; women masturbate
Cognitive polyphasia
, 103–115
collection of designers
, 152
commercial ethnography
, 123, 132
community organizations
, 10
comparative literary analysis
, 185
comparative method of analysis
, 12
“Component Analysis”
, 128
conception of heritage
, 18
conception of love
, 10, 16–17
Conjugal use
, 28–29, 31., see also erotic products
Consumer acculturation literature
, 87
consumer culture theory (CCT)
, 24–25, 113, 121–122, 153, 171, 185–186
consumer culture theory research
, 121
consumer culture theory studies
, 171
consumer interactions
, 178
“consumer patriotism”
, 158
Consumer research
, 8, 14, 20, 40, 56–58, 86, 94, 98–99, 104–105, 124, 126, 139, 171
Consumers’ rituals
, 7., see also individual rituals
Consumers’ love rituals
, 7
consumption
, 24–26, 37
activities
, 24–25, 47
assemblage
, 121–122
conjugal erotic
, 28
contexts
, 20, 60–61
cycle stages
, 23, 27
cycle
, 23–27, 33–34, 36
depicts curatorial
, 57
itinerary
, 25, 27
pattern
, 56–57
re-contextualizing curatorial
, 59, 68
rituals
, 33
sites
, 55
spaces
, 42, 60
studies
, 25, 55, 162
term curatorial
, 57
women’s erotic
, 23
context-bound objectives
, 36
contexts of cultural change
, 107, 112, 114
contraceptive methods
, 31
corporate-capitalist logic
, 138
cosmopolitan
attitudes
, 159–160
outlook
, 159
patriotism
, 151, 158–59, 163
patriots
, 161
world citizen
, 159
counter-culturalism
, 74–75, 81
couple
, 12, 13, 17, 28–30, 33
couple’s sensual practices
, 28
couple’s therapy property
, 28
cross-cultural psychology
, 87
cross-sectional thematic analysis
, 27., see also Data interpretation
culinary capital accumulation
, 175
cult of cultural authenticity
, 74, 81
cultural
authenticity
, 74, 81
biography
, 26
capital
, 86, 88, 90–91, 94–99
diversity
, 159, 174
exchange
, 160
heritage
, 161
imagination
, 105, 160
influence
, 107
intermediaries
, 151–153, 155–156, 159, 163, 166–167
patriotism
, 151, 158, 161, 163–164
perspective
, 7, 20
principles
, 27
reproduction
, 161
systems
, 40, 107
cultural-cognitive legitimacy
, 105, 107, 110, 115
cultural–historical factors
, 104
culture
, 158–159, 161, 166–167
Curation
, 56–58., see also curated objects
curatorial
characteristics
, 59–60
consumer
, 56–57
consumption work
, 56
consumption
, 55–57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67–69
practices
, 57, 61, 69
responsibilities
, 63, 66
roles
, 57
economic arrangement
, 146
Economic Patriotism
, 151, 158, 160, 163
economic rationality
, 146
emotional capitalism
, 148
emotional connections curators
, 65
empirical data
, 12, 46, 141
enslave consumers
, 103, 109, 113–114
entrepreneurial bricolage
, 146
erotic consumption
, 23–24, 27–29, 31, 34–36., see also object by the subject
Erotic products
, 23–24, 26–36
erotic products consumption itinerary
, 27
ethnic consumers
, 85–86, 88–89, 91, 98–99
ethnic identification
, 85–89, 91, 93, 95, 97–99
extended family relationships
, 137, 144–145
“electoral authoritarianism”
, 155
ideology of a microculture
, 81
illicit alcohol consumption
, 108, 113–114
illicit alcohol trade
, 104–105, 108–109, 110–115
illicit alcohol traders
, 108–109, 111–112
illicit alcohol
, 103–115., see also enslave consumers
illicit brews
, 105, 108, 113
Indian cultural codes
, 96–97
Indian subcultural capital
, 96, 98
individualist self-authentic ideology
, 75
installation, temporary art
, 10
institutional capital and consumers
, 178
institutional logics
, 138–140
institutional theory
, 105, 107, 137, 139
interpret patriotism
, 151, 153–154, 158, 162
Interpretations of patriotism
, 151, 153, 156, 164
interpretive analysis
, 27., see also Data interpretation
Interview transcription
, 27., see also Data interpretation
Interviews
, 7, 11–12, 26, 39, 41, 43–44, 45, 55, 60–61, 90
interviews, transcribed
, 12
interviews, unstructured in-depth
, 7
Itinerary Method
, 23, 25, 36
Latin-American patriarchal society
, 24
learning consumption skills
, 143
leveraging cultural resources
, 97
lexical synonyms and meanings
, 73, 79
life-cycle-style development process
, 189
liminal phase, transitional
, 9
liminal ritual sequence
, 13
literature field-level market analysis
, 171
location of rituals
, 7., see also consumers rituals
Magic Town
, 121, 124, 127, 131
Main Universal Store
, 152
managerial instruments
, 130
Market logics
, 137–143, 146
market research company
, 124
market resources
, 138–139, 145–147
marketing research models
, 130
masturbation
, 30–34., see also erotic products, vibrator
material implementation
, 50
Material Object Relation
, 48–49
material objects
, 7, 23, 30, 42, 48, 49, 52, 161., see also consumers rituals
MENA.
, see Middle East and North African region
“merchants of mystique”
, 112
micro-level mundane interactions
, 40
micro-social scale
, 25, 27
multicultural societies
, 86
multidimensional data
, 141
mythological component
, 18
mythological construction
, 17
mythological representations
, 12
Parisian architectural landscape
, 15
Patriotic Dispositif
, 156–158
patriotic fashion
, 151, 158–159, 161–162, 164
patriotism in fashion
, 151–152, 156, 158, 161, 163–164
patriotism in Russia
, 152, 163
Patriotism
, 152, 157., see also national idea
people’s home assemblages
, 49
personification of the object
, 23, 35–36
person–object relationship
, 56, 60
pet-related material objects
, 48
“Philosophy of Composition, The”
, 191
Poetry
, 185, 188, 190–192
political preferences
, 156
popular-free-practice
, 18
Postassimilationist consumer research
, 86
potential development
, 107
Product Disposal
, 25, 33–34
“productive aspects of consumption”
, 26., see also prosumption
projective techniques
, 26, 77, 79
radio-frequency identification chips
, 10
real-life market simulation
, 125
recursive regressions
, 128
Regulatory legitimacy
, 115
religious connotation of pilgrimage
, 7., see also consumer rituals
Representational Practices
, 175–176
representations of love
, 16
ritual performances
, 8, 9, 15, 19, see also consumers rituals
Ritual theory
, 8–9, 19., see also normative symbolic acts
rituals of love
, 7., see also Consumers’ love rituals
routinization of nationalism
, 164
ruling regime
, 153–154, 163–164
“representative consumer”
, 123
“Raven, The”
, 185, 187, 191, 193n1, 194n3
second generation consumers
, 85–86, 99
second-generation ethnic consumers
, 86, 91, 98
second-generation informants
, 90
semiotic square analysis method
, 80
semiotic square technique
, 80
series of transformations
, 23, 36
“service relationships”
, 142
sexual intercourse
, 28., see also double penetration
sexual relations
, 28–29, 138
sexual relationship
, 28, 138
“so-called Parisian tradition”
, 10
sociocognitive process
, 122
socio-cultural characteristics
, 73, 76, 82
socio-cultural facets
, 63
Sociological literature
, 139
Southern Literary Messenger
, 188
spatial assemblage home
, 40
“spirit of perversity”
, 190
SRT.
, see social representations theory (SRT)
Storytelling
, 175, 177–178, 186–187, 192–193
structural semiotic methodologies
, 80
structure-agency struggle
, 90
subcultural capital resources
, 94–95, 99
“symbiotic relationships”
, 164
symbolic cultural representations
, 18
symbolic meanings
, 7–8, 12, 16, 18–19, 45, 171
symbolism of the padlock
, 19
symbolism-dominant consumerism
, 74
techno-social cyborgean assemblage
, 28
temporal-spatial contexts
, 60
test markets
, 122–124, 129
test model
, 126–130., see also The Behavior Scan test model
thematic analysis
, 27, 78, 156
thematic qualitative content analysis
, 108
theoretical framework
, 9, 12
theorizing market dynamics
, 139
theory-based approach
, 123
Thompson, C.J.
, 12, 24–25
timebanking agreement
, 142
“Timebanking for the Future”
, 139, 141, 146
traditional religious beliefs
, 9
traditional sex shops
, 24
Transactional Relationships
, 137, 142
transform material objects
, 48
transitional liminal phase
, 9
Tunisian consumers
, 73–75, 77, 79–82
Tunisian educational system
, 78
Tunisian individuals
, 78, 81