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- Title
The Storied Life of Singularized Objects: Forces of Agency and Network Transformation.
- Authors
EPP, AMBER M.; PRICE, LINDA L.
- Abstract
Our study contributes to understanding the role of material culture in families. Findings from a longitudinal case study extend Kopytoff's theory of singularization by explaining what occurs between the singularization of a focal object and its recommodification. We uncover processes that move an already singularized object in and out of a network of practices, objects, and spaces; identify forces that constrain and empower a singularized object's agency within that network; and demonstrate network transformations that result from the focal object's movement. This extension explains some paradoxical findings in consumer research: how objects are granted agency even while displaced, when irreplaceable objects can be replaced, and why families sometimes displace central identity practices.
- Subjects
MATERIAL culture; CONSUMER research; RESEMBLANCE (Philosophy); FAMILY traditions; FAMILIES &; psychology; FAMILY research
- Publication
Journal of Consumer Research, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 5, p820
- ISSN
0093-5301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/603547