Consuming Order and Discipline
Our study derives the key concepts of order and pollution to understand the rise of consumer disciplinary mechanisms in professional home organization services. Findings show how two contesting regimes – the polluting ingestion regime of consumption and the disciplinary dietetic regime of organization – govern consumers’ perceptions of self, home, and life.
Citation:
Eric Li and Russell W. Belk (2020) ,"Consuming Order and Discipline", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 48, eds. Jennifer Argo, Tina M. Lowrey, and Hope Jensen Schau, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 987-993.
Authors
Eric Li, University of British Columbia, Canada
Russell W. Belk, York University, Canada
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 48 | 2020
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