Shopping for Family

This article presents an autoethnography of shopping. A team of nine researchers spent more than 100 hours during a 5-month period conducting participant observations in a variety of shopping contexts and conducting more than 25 formal and informal interviews with customers and sales representatives...

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Published in:Qualitative inquiry 1999-06, Vol.5 (2), p.147-180
Main Authors: Allen, Eve, Gustafson, Stacey, Marquis, Trinette, Poeppelman, Timi, Roth, Patty, Sanger, Pam Chapman, Smith, Maureen, Trujillo, Nick, Wright, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Attitudes
Consumer behavior
Consumer behaviour
Consumerism
Consumption
Economic behaviour. Consumption
Economic sociology
Ethnography
Families
Families & family life
Family
Family Life
Family Relations
Interviews
Personal relationships
Popular Culture
Shopping
Social Identity
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
USA
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Summary:This article presents an autoethnography of shopping. A team of nine researchers spent more than 100 hours during a 5-month period conducting participant observations in a variety of shopping contexts and conducting more than 25 formal and informal interviews with customers and sales representatives. This article focuses on the interrelationships between shopping and family, as the authors reflect on how shopping and consumption practices have helped define their own identities, their families’ identities, and their identifications with their families. The article blends various forms of writing to reveal the unique voice and identity of each researcher and the unique senses of family culture and consumer culture evoked by this field study of shopping.
ISSN:1077-8004
1552-7565
DOI:10.1177/107780049900500201