Social Anchoring - An alternative understanding of migrant consumers' experiences

Pradhan, Anuja and Cocker, Hayley and Hogg, Margaret (2019) Social Anchoring - An alternative understanding of migrant consumers' experiences. In: Consumer Culture Theory Conference, 2019-07-17 - 2019-07-19. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Moving beyond acculturation, we present an alternative understanding of ethnic migrant consumers’ lived experiences by leveraging social anchoring theory, and taking an asset perspective. We identify significant reference points, i.e. social anchors among first-generation middle-class British Indian women. Our phenomenological interview data reveals that in addition to providing psycho-social stability, interactions between social anchors influence ethnic migrant consumers’ wellbeing, hybrid identity projects, and temporal imaginings. Additionally, we develop theoretically relevant categories of social anchors – central, peripheral, structuring, and underpinning – based on our empirical findings.

Item Type:
Contribution to Conference (Paper)
Journal or Publication Title:
Consumer Culture Theory Conference
Subjects:
?? british indianssocial anchoringmigrationbritish asianmigrants ??
ID Code:
134912
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Deposited On:
22 Jun 2019 09:47
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Unpublished
Last Modified:
15 Jul 2024 08:38