The Routledge Companion to Identity and Consumption

Identity and Consumption: Preface Part I: What is the Self in the Context of Consumption? Section A: Conceptions of the Self within Consumption 1. Culture and the Self: Implications for Consumer Behaviour 2. The Symbiosis Model of Identity Augmentation: Self-Expansion and Self-Extension as Distinct Strategies 3. The Dialogical Consumer Self Section B: Emotions and the Self 4. The Emotional Self 5. Beloved Material Possessions: Ends or Means? 6. Overweight and Emotional Identity Projects 7. Self Disgust Section C: Extending the Self into Possessions 8. Extended Self in a Digital Age 9. We Are What We Buy? 10. Exploring Cultural Differences in the Extended Self Section D: Stigma, Sacrifice and Self 11. Stigma, Identity and Consumption 12. (Re) Enacting Motherhood: Self-sacrifice and Abnegation in the Kitchen 13. Masculine Self-Presentation Part II: The Dynamic Self: Transformation, Change, Support and Control Section A: Self-Transformation 14. Conflicting Selves and the Role of Possessions: A Process View of Transgenders' Self-Identity Conflict 15. Self-Transformation and AIDS Poster Children 16. Cosmetic Surgery and Self-Transformation Section B: Life Cycle and Self-Change 17. Adolescent Consumption and the Pursuit of 'Cool' 18. Self-Brand Connections in Children: Development from Childhood to Adolescence 19. Aging and Consumption Section C: Self-Esteem, and Self-Support 20. Existential Insecurity and the Self 21. Compensatory Consumption 22. Self-Threats and Consumption Section D: Controlling the Self 23. Self-Control and Spending 24. Culture and Self-Regulation: The Influence of Self-Construal on Impulsive Consumption 25. Reminders of Money Change the Self-Concept Part III: Social and Cultural Aspects of Self and Consumption Section A: Other vs. Self in Consumers' Behavior 26. Social Influence and The Self 27. Shared Possessions/Shared Self 28. That is So Not Me: Dissociating from Undesired Consumer Identities Section B: Family, Community and Self 29. Self-Extension, Brand Community and User Innovation 30. Mother Possessing Daughter: Dual Roles of Extended Self 31. Family Stuff: Materiality and Identity Section C: Culture and Self 32. Death Style and the Ideal Self 33. Social Branding and the Mythic Re-Invention of Ethnic Identity 34. The Global Self 35. Constructing 'Masculine' Identities: Consuming 'Feminine' Practices Part IV: Marketing and the Self Section A: Brands and Self-Identity 36. Brand Relationships and Self 37. The Brand is "Me": Exploring the Effect Of Self-Brand Connections on Processing Brand Information as Self-Information 38. When Does Identity Salience Prime Approach and Avoidance?: A Balance-Contiguity Model Section B: Advertising, Media, and Self 39. Media Image Effects on the Self 40. Explicit and Implicit Sexual Orientation, Homoerotic Imagery in Advertising and Health