Acculturation
, 198, 199, 200, 201
Adaptation
, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 17
central
, 16
masterful
, 16
objective
, 86
theory
, 5
Aesthetic regimes
, 71, 73, 74, 77–80, 78, 79, 80, 83, 89
collective-level
, 78
disinterested
, 74, 80
Aesthetic regime’s system
, 78
Aesthetics
, 64, 72, 73, 74, 76, 89, 167, 195
AFTA.
, See Asian Free Trade Area (AFTA)
Ambiguous embodied nature
, 48
Anomalies
, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198, 200, 203
fixing
, 198
Anonymity
, 20, 23, 25, 32, 33
Asian Free Trade Area (AFTA)
, 149, 154
Assemblage
, 157
discursive
, 76
embodied
, 76
Assimilation
, 199, 200, 203
Audience
, 13, 14, 15, 16, 87, 172
interpretation
, 167
mainstream
, 16
members
, 8, 13, 15, 16
Automotive horizons
, 150–158
Beef
consumed
, 97, 98, 99
cook
, 106
eating
, 97, 98, 103, 104, 106
observed
, 93
Behavior
, 86, 132, 180
gendered
, 129
physical
, 168
Bitcoin
, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Black-affirming brand and media content
, 46–47
Black children
, 38, 39, 40, 42, 46, 50, 51
curate media content
, 38
engagement
, 37
in inter-cultural families
, 50
media spectatorship
, 51
parents of
, 39, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
for racism
, 42
Blockchain
, 20, 21, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32
Boundaries
geographic
, 21
paradigmatic
, 191, 193
physical
, 94
religious
, 32
spatial
, 93, 94
Boundary solidification
consumer culture theory
, 194–195
anomalies addressed
, 200–203
criticism and anomalies in
, 196–197
science in action
, 198–200
Kuhn and science
, 193–194
Brands
, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 46, 63, 125, 152, 154, 167, 168, 170, 177
celebrity
, 20
connect
, 51
corporate
, 46
inconspicuous luxury
, 21
major
, 26
Breast cancer
, 113, 114, 115, 117, 119, 120, 121
diagnosis
, 112, 115, 121
experience
, 112
Business model
, 62, 66
aggregates
, 64
replicable
, 65
Business ventures
, 65, 66
Capability
, 63, 64
superior networking
, 66
Caste
, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 102, 103, 106
avarna
, 97
endogamous
, 96
high
, 98, 99
low
, 97, 106
main
, 99
Children
, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 101, 102, 113, 114, 119, 120, 121, 128
Commodities
, 153, 155, 156, 158
Community
, 6, 16, 22, 30, 31, 60, 61, 62, 173, 194, 197, 200
agricultural
, 98
dispersed
, 64
members
, 22, 27, 60
open-source
, 21, 29
physics
, 194
rural
, 10
scientific
, 193, 194, 195
Concepts
, 58, 88, 94, 95, 96, 106, 107, 114, 115, 166, 181, 194
anti-essentialist
, 166
assimilation
, 202
furthered
, 200
grand
, 200
Construction
, 39, 71, 73, 76, 111, 140, 167
ongoing identity
, 139
social
, 197
Constructive complement
, 76
Consumer culture theory
, 194–195
anomalies addressed
, 200–203
criticism and anomalies in
, 196–197
science in action
, 198–200
Consumer culture theory (CCT)
, 51, 93, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 200, 201, 202, 203
depict
, 203
discipline
, 201
endeavors
, 200
interpretive
, 195
proponents
, 191, 198
researchers
, 191, 194, 197, 201, 202
research goals
, 201
tradition
, 193, 196
Consumer engagement
engage for identity
, 181
engage to act
, 181
engage to be transported
, 183–184
engage to feel
, 182
engage to immerse
, 182–183
engage to sense/perceive
, 182
engage to think
, 182
Consumer identity projects
, 126–127
Consumers
action
, 168
activity
, 45
aesthetics
, 194
agency
, 197
aggregation
, 64
appropriation
, 184
attitudes
, 81
base
, 6, 7
behavior
, 3, 19, 57, 71, 93, 123, 163, 171, 191, 194, 195, 196
culture
, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 77, 138, 189
education
, 140
elderly
, 94
engagement
, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 177, 179, 181, 183
female
, 16
goods
, 128, 155
harm
, 124
identities
, 45, 113
markets
, 76
motivation
, 198
multiracial
, 41
obese
, 94
passionate
, 57
primary
, 76
research
, 195
Consumer tribes and entrepreneurship
, 60–61
Consumption
activities
, 192
code
, 103
daily
, 131
decisions
, 135
hybrid
, 203
immediate
, 174
mass motorbike
, 147
mobility
, 146
practices
, 47, 48, 93, 94, 195
caste-based
, 96
immigrant
, 200
individual’s routine
, 138
private
, 132
special
, 153
symbolic
, 194
visual
, 37, 38
Context
changing
, 202
empirical
, 73
Contextualizing mobility
, 154–157
Conversations
, 9, 44, 46, 129
inspiring
, 65
ongoing
, 128
scholarly
, 39
Costs
, 66, 124
decreasing
, 64
lowering
, 154
registration
, 148
Critical discourse analysis (CDA)
, 124, 129, 138
Criticism
, 138, 193, 196, 198, 200, 201, 203
context-based
, 196
continuous
, 192
external
, 193, 198
intense
, 124
spark
, 138
Cultivating African diasporic identity
, 44–45
Cultural capital
, 74, 172, 192, 203
Cultural hybridization
, 40
Cultural identity
, 40, 45, 50, 95
Cultural intermediaries
, 71, 72, 73, 77, 80, 81
Cultural producers
, 71, 72, 73, 77, 80, 83, 89
Cultural sustainability
, 5–7
Culture
, 31, 72, 73, 74, 198, 199
digital
, 32
dominant
, 200, 203
foreign
, 198
host
, 198, 199, 200
hyper-celebrity
, 20
Customers
, 10, 62, 64, 87, 175, 184, 201
connect
, 168
facilitated
, 165
potential
, 63