Beteiligte: | , , , , , |
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In: | Journal of Consumer Research, 31, 2004, 3, S. 658-672 |
veröffentlicht: |
The University of Chicago Press
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 658-672 |
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ISSN: |
0093-5301
1537-5277 |
DOI: | 10.1086/425101 |
veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Consumer Research |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Kollektion: | sid-55-col-jstoras4 sid-55-col-jstorbusiness1archive sid-55-col-jstorbusiness JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV Archive JSTOR Business I Archive JSTOR Business & Economics |
<p>Spectacular, themed environments have been theorized as places where play is limited and consumer agency is overpowered. In a multiperspectival ethnographic engagement with ESPN Zone Chicago, we find consumers resisting the rules, but only to a limited degree. Spectacular consumption possesses a do‐it‐yourself quality unrecognized in prior theory. Technology and screens are important to this form of play, which exhibits a transcendent character built of liminoid elements and consumer fantasy. Yet, even in ostensibly overpowering spectacular consumption environments, consumption still is negotiated dialectically; consumer and producer interests are embedded in one another in a process of “interagency.”</p> |