Understanding Consumer Sensory Preferences: an Ethnographic Investigation of Sensory Flamboyance and Subtlety in India
Sensory flamboyance is proposed to be a currency of cultural capital, used to negotiate community membership. Bigger, gaudier clothing, strong scents, loud music and spicy food are interpreted as part of an empowering strategy employed by a class of people in India largely deprived of social power and economic independence.
Citation:
Tanuka Ghoshal and Russell W. Belk (2018) ,"Understanding Consumer Sensory Preferences: an Ethnographic Investigation of Sensory Flamboyance and Subtlety in India", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 557-560.
Authors
Tanuka Ghoshal, Baruch College, USA
Russell W. Belk, York University, Canada
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018
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