During the last three decades, the concept of liminality has been used by consumer
researchers to examine consumption‐related phenomena associated with ambiguous …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the notion of escape, which is central to the consumer
experience literature, yet remains largely undertheorized. By surfacing the multi …

Psychoactive drugs have been central to many human group rituals throughout modern
human evolution. Despite such experiences often being inherently social, bonding and …

To better understand the growing popularity of live music, this study analyses consumers'
motivations for live music attendance. In addition to existing literature, a generic approach to …

Despite increasing scholarly and media attention on sexual violence in public spaces,
including those associated with the night-time economy and licensed venues, music …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to pave avenues and stimulate further research on the
intersection of existentialism and tourism. This is done by presenting the overview of the …

Extant research on bodily commodification emphasizes contexts, where market actors can
pursue commodification in relatively unconstrained ways. However, scant research …

New Age tourism is traditionally situated within the scope of alternative tourism and, as such,
it is considered to attract a small portion of tourism demand. However, with the proliferation …

Background Rave music parties (RMP) are a world-wide socio-cultural phenomenon, where
people listen to rave music while frequently consuming psychedelic drugs. Epidemiological …

As festivals were cancelled or people were afraid of participating in mass gatherings during
the COVID-19 pandemic, the well-being effects of festival participation were missed. How …