Consuming gardens: Representations of paradise, nostalgia and postmodernism

Hewer, P.A. (2003) Consuming gardens: Representations of paradise, nostalgia and postmodernism. Advances in Consumer Research, 6. pp. 327-331. ISSN 0098-9258

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    Abstract

    This paper unravels the types of relationships people have with their gardens. This is achieved through a review of previous literature on the topic, coupled with a theoretical contextualisation which utilises postmodern concepts, notably that of Jameson's 'nostalgic return' (1989). To illustrate the relevance of these concepts to an understanding of gardening the paper turns to a number of gardening 'texts' and 'spaces' to decipher the ways in which gardens are consumed within contemporary culture. It argues that representations of gardens cohere around two key motifs: the search for paradise and the imagined return to a long-forgotten past.

    Author(s):Hewer, P.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7661-8195
    Item type:Article
    ID code:4508
    Keywords:market research, consumers, garening, gardens, postmodernism, Marketing. Distribution of products, Economics and Econometrics, Applied Psychology, Marketing
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Commerce > Marketing. Distribution of products
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Marketing
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:28 Jan 2008
    Last modified:31 Oct 2019 02:28
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/4508
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