Consuming Commodified Bodies - Performative (Re-)Embodiment of Digital Corporeal Consumption

This research explores digital consumption dynamics in the context of bodies and fitness on Instagram. Drawing on interview data and performativity theory, this study offers an increased understanding of how consumers (re-)embody digitally consumed content in their own corporeal self-understanding.



Citation:

Jonathan David Schöps (2020) ,"Consuming Commodified Bodies - Performative (Re-)Embodiment of Digital Corporeal Consumption", 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: 115-120.

Authors

Jonathan David Schöps, University of Innsbruck, Austria



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 48 | 2020



Share Proceeding

Featured papers

See More

Featured

How Matte Product Surface Enhances Perceived Durability

Taehoon Park, University of South Carolina, USA
Junghan Kim, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Read More

Featured

When Less is More - How Making Products More Personal Can Decrease Purchase Intention

Michael Schulz, University of Cologne

Read More

Featured

Public Discourse and Cultural Valorization in the Cancer Marketplace

Lez Ecima Trujillo Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Benét DeBerry-Spence, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Søren TOLLESTRUP ASKEGAARD, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Sonya Grier, American University, USA

Read More

Engage with Us

Becoming an Association for Consumer Research member is simple. Membership in ACR is relatively inexpensive, but brings significant benefits to its members.