Totally Teapots: The Material Cutlure of Novelty Teapot Collecting

Fiona Cheetham

Totally Teapots: The Material Cutlure of Novelty Teapot Collecting

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Abstract

This paper addresses shortcomings in consumer behaviour research on collecting, contributing critical insights to research on collecting material objects specifically, and material consumption generally. This is achieved through two specific and interrelated means: first by employing an ethnographic research methodology to situate collecting within the material and social environment within which it is embedded and second by treating collecting as an incidence of material culture rather than a form of consumer behaviour. Fieldwork undertaken with a novelty teapot collectors’ club has comprised mainly participant observation. This has involved listening to and observing collectors, dealers and manufacturers as they interact with each other, through the handling, buying, selling, bidding, admiring and swapping of novelty teapots.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	European Advances in Consumer Research
Subtitle of host publication	"All Changed, Changed Utterly?"
Editors	Darach Turley, Stephen Brown
Publisher	Association for Consumer Research
Chapter	5
Pages	176-180
Number of pages	180
Volume	6
ISBN (Print)	9780915552511, 0915552515
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	6th European Advances in Consumer Research Conference: "All Changed, Changed Utterly?" - Conrad Hotel, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 4 Jun 2003 → 7 Jun 2003 Conference number: 6 https://www.acrwebsite.org/web/conferences/international-conferences.aspx

Conference

Conference	6th European Advances in Consumer Research Conference
Country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	4/06/03 → 7/06/03
Internet address	https://www.acrwebsite.org/web/conferences/international-conferences.aspx

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Cheetham, F. (2003). Totally Teapots: The Material Cutlure of Novelty Teapot Collecting. In D. Turley, & S. Brown (Eds.), European Advances in Consumer Research: "All Changed, Changed Utterly?" (Vol. 6, pp. 176-180). Association for Consumer Research. https://www.acrwebsite.org/assets/PDFs/Proceedings/EACRVol6.pdf

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Cheetham, F 2003, Totally Teapots: The Material Cutlure of Novelty Teapot Collecting. in D Turley & S Brown (eds), European Advances in Consumer Research: "All Changed, Changed Utterly?". vol. 6, Association for Consumer Research, pp. 176-180, 6th European Advances in Consumer Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 4/06/03. <https://www.acrwebsite.org/assets/PDFs/Proceedings/EACRVol6.pdf>

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