Accounting for materialism in four cultures

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dc.citation.epage204en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.spage183en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber4en_US
dc.contributor.authorGer, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBelk, R. W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:42:19Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:42:19Z
dc.date.issued1999en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Managementen_US
dc.description.abstractAccounts for materialism are examined based on qualitative research in Romania, Turkey, the USA, and Western Europe. Various spontaneously offered accounts reconcile the discrepancy between the belief that materialism is bad and materialistic consumption behavior and aspirations. These accounts include justifications - passionate connoisseurship, instrumentalism, and altruism - and excuses - the compelling external forces, the ways of the modern world, and deservingness. The differences in accounts can be understood culturally and historically. In negotiating the 'bad' material world with their own consumption worlds, informants draw from various ethics prevalent in their cultures to moralize their personal materialistic consumption. Our findings suggest ways in which materialism, moralized by local accounts, is able to grow globally in spite of its condemnation.en_US
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dc.identifier.eissn1460-3586
dc.identifier.issn1359-1835
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/25287
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Material Cultureen_US
dc.subjectAccountsen_US
dc.subjectConsumptionen_US
dc.subjectCross-cultural researchen_US
dc.subjectJustificationen_US
dc.subjectMaterialismen_US
dc.subjectMorality of consumptionen_US
dc.subjectComparative studyen_US
dc.subjectConsumption behavioren_US
dc.subjectCultural traditionen_US
dc.subjectInternational comparisonen_US
dc.titleAccounting for materialism in four culturesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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