consumer studies. Topics addressed cover a wide gamut including immigrant consumption experiences, gift-giving, sharing …, disposition of possessions, privacy, metaphor analysis, sustainable consumption, alcohol consumption, cosmetics usage, and the …

, and meaning making through consumption. As this rich set of topics suggests, this is a volume that will interest academics …

with considerable current interest. These topics include organic food consumption, luxury goods consumption by Chinese … consumers, country of manufacture effects on product quality perceptions, and the nature and effects of cool consumption. The … chapters emphasizing brands, fashions, blogs, service receipt, and consumption experiences. They also add to the methodological …