- janning, “from childhood to adulthood: stuffed animals, blankets and wall posters” [or the sociology of dorm room decorating…]
- tressie mcmillan cottom, the price of fabulousness
- domaneschi, “Brand New Consumers: A Social Practice Approach to Young Immigrants Coping with Material Culture in Italy“
extra stuff you will never read in a million years is safely separated and placed below this box.
- belk “possessions and the extended self” (a bit of a classic (i.e, “old”) piece on the relation between what we have and who we are)
- penaloza, “Just Doing It: A Visual Ethnographic Study of Spectacular Consumption Behavior at Nike Town” [[this is kind of long (even when you factor in the images) so it’s a good thing you don’t have to read it! it looks at the material culture of shopping as not just the objects we buy. interesting, if you find that kind of stuff interesting]]
- hu, et al. “Resisting immigrant myths: everyday consumer practices of Asian immigrants in America” (a different immigrant consumption story)