Race is a marketplace icon. How so? By holding true to an icon's defining characteristics:
high visibility, divisiveness, and uncritical devotion. In this brief musing, we describe how …

This article explores popular psychology as a transnational moral grammar. Academic
debates have been sharply critical of popular psychology, and they have emphasised its …

As a result of Covid-19 outbreak, surgical facemasks first emerged as a pandemic icon to
then expand into a marketplace icon, with substantial transformations in their meanings …

Morality, appraisals of right and wrong, is central to consumers' identities and decisions.
Even everyday consumption choices can be subject to moral judgments and require moral …

Regarded by some as women's power tool and by others as instruments of torture, high
heels constitute one of the most polarizing marketplace icons today. Why did the noblemen's …

We provide a critical reading of plastic in consumer culture highlighting its furtive
omnipresence and supporting role in enabling the consumption of countless products …

In this paper, we reconstruct the history of fashion shows and highlight the crucial role
mediatization process have played in the turning of these events into marketplace icons. As …

Purpose This paper aims to highlight the role of consumption communities as a self-help
support group to ameliorate loneliness. The authors suggest that the self-help element of …

Coffee is far more than just a beverage. It is a product that boasts an extraordinarily rich
history, and its cultural identity has shifted over time. This article explores how coffee …

In spite of their normalized status in our global, cultural landscape, assisted reproductive
technologies (ARTs) remain surprisingly overlooked as a marketplace icon. This paper goes …