We are not all Terrorists: UK Based Iranians, Consumption Practices and the ‘Torn’ Self.
dc.contributor.author | Jafari, Aliakbar | |
dc.contributor.author | Goulding, Christina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-12-09T12:01:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-12-09T12:01:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Consumption Markets & Culture, 11(2): 73-91 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 10253866 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1477223X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10253860802033605 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2436/42083 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents an exploratory study of the consumption practices of UK-based young Iranians. Based on a series of in-depth interviews and participatory observation we provide an insight into the identity-constituting meanings associated with consumption practices. We illustrate how individuals use consumption discourses to tackle a series of ideological tensions in their sociocultural settings, both in Iran and in the UK. We describe how in a theocratic state individuals use commodified cultural symbolic mediators to construct and reaffirm a sense of self and identity and also to covertly resist the dominant order. We discuss consumer's paradoxes and dilemmas when confronted with a complex set of clashes between restricting political/institutional dynamics and the emancipatory forces of Western consumption. We conclude by discussing how these contradictions and strategies lead to a form of “torn” self. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Informaworld - Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) | |
dc.relation.url | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/10253860802033605 | |
dc.subject | State ideology | |
dc.subject | Consumption practices | |
dc.subject | Consumers | |
dc.subject | Resistance | |
dc.subject | Subcultures | |
dc.subject | Identity | |
dc.subject | Torn self | |
dc.subject | Iran | |
dc.subject | UK | |
dc.title | We are not all Terrorists: UK Based Iranians, Consumption Practices and the ‘Torn’ Self. | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.identifier.journal | Consumption Markets & Culture | |
html.description.abstract | This paper presents an exploratory study of the consumption practices of UK-based young Iranians. Based on a series of in-depth interviews and participatory observation we provide an insight into the identity-constituting meanings associated with consumption practices. We illustrate how individuals use consumption discourses to tackle a series of ideological tensions in their sociocultural settings, both in Iran and in the UK. We describe how in a theocratic state individuals use commodified cultural symbolic mediators to construct and reaffirm a sense of self and identity and also to covertly resist the dominant order. We discuss consumer's paradoxes and dilemmas when confronted with a complex set of clashes between restricting political/institutional dynamics and the emancipatory forces of Western consumption. We conclude by discussing how these contradictions and strategies lead to a form of “torn” self. |