Persisting attachment to physical cultural goods
Drawing on sixty interviews conducted around France, and a quantitative quota-based study with 2000 respondents, this article shows why there is a “persisting” use of physical cultural goods (CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, boxed video games, etc.). On the one hand, these physical goods have “practical” a...
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| Publicat a: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/bssg, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Biens Symboliques / Symbolic Goods
2022
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Drawing on sixty interviews conducted around France, and a quantitative quota-based study with 2000 respondents, this article shows why there is a “persisting” use of physical cultural goods (CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, boxed video games, etc.). On the one hand, these physical goods have “practical” advantages which mean they are easier for many respondents to use and re-use on an everyday basis, to have nearby, and to share with others. On the other, these goods entail constraints that have been made virtues, and which contribute to the pleasure of their use, recreating the rarity and singularity in the consumer experience. This singularity is primarily based in a sensory relationship to cultural goods (through smell, touch, place in domestic space) and through forms of ritual associated with moments of acquisition or consumption. |
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