The Unspectacular Irish Pub: the Themed Retail Environment As a Mise-En-Scene

I introduce the notion of the mise-en-scene as a means to analyze subtle, allusive and non-spectacular themed retail environments. Through a three-year ethnographic study of five Irish themed pubs I show how a mise-en-scene is created by 1) “Using What we Have”;” 2) “Whispered Stories;” 3) Leveraging Consumer Cultural Resources.



Citation:

Aron Darmody (2014) ,"The Unspectacular Irish Pub: the Themed Retail Environment As a Mise-En-Scene", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42, eds. June Cotte, Stacy Wood, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 781-781.

Authors

Aron Darmody, Suffolk University, Boston, USA



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42 | 2014



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