162
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

Emotion, attachment, representation, and loss: a comparative study on what it means for objects to “spark joy”

&

References

  • Berger, A. (2010). The objects of affection: Semiotics and consumer culture. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Biana, H. T. (2018). Joy to/and the world: The KonMari method, philosophy, and the environment. Manila, Philippines: 11th DLSU Arts Congress.
  • CBC Radio. (2016). A spark of spirit in everything. CBC Radio.
  • Chandler, D. (2007). Semiotics: The basics. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis e-library.
  • Cheal, D. (1987). “Showing them you love them”: Gift giving and the dialectic of intimacy. The Sociological Review, 35(1), 150–169. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.1987.tb00007.x
  • Covarrubias, P. (2018). Cultural communication. In Oxford research encyclopedia of communication. Oxford University Press. 1–36. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.527
  • Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Rochberg-Halton, E. (1981). The meaning of things: Domestic symbols and the self. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Danesi, M. (2018). Of cigarettes, high heels, and other interesting things: An introduction to semiotics (3rd ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 10.1057/978-1-349-95348-6.
  • Eco, U. (1976). A theory of semiotics. Bompiani, Milan: Indiana University Press.
  • Fletcher, G. (2009). Sentimental value. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 43(1), 55–65. doi:10.1007/s10790-009-9152-1
  • Givi, J., & Galak, J. (2017). Sentimental value and gift giving: Givers’ fears of getting it wrong prevents them from getting it right. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27(4), 473–479. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2017.06.002
  • Gjersoe, N. L., Newman, G. E., Chituc, V., & Hood, B. (2014). Individualism and the extended-self: Cross-cultural differences in the valuation of authentic objects. PLoS One, 9(3), e90787. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090787
  • Goffman, E. (1959). The presentation of self in everyday life. New York, NY: Doubleday & Company.
  • Hall, E. T. (1983). The dance of life: The other dimension of time. New York, NY: Doubleday.
  • Harold, C. (2020). Things worth keeping: The value of attachment in a disposable world. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
  • Kigoshi, T. (1969). 「心ときめかす」小考: 枕草子二九段の一解釈). 研究紀要学習院高科, 4, 76–84.
  • Kimura, K., & Iwaki, T. (2008). 贈り物に付与された価値とモノへの愛着―贈り主による認知の分析―. The Japanese Journal of Research on Emotions, 16(1), 73–86.
  • Kondo, M. (2011). 人生がときめく片づけの魔法. Tokyo, Japan: Sun Mark Publishing.
  • Kretschmer, A. (2000). Mortuary rites for inanimate objects: The case of hari kuyō. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 27, 379–404.
  • Levy, S. J. (1999). Symbols for sale. Harvard Business Review, 37(4), 117–124.
  • Liu, M. (2016). Verbal communication styles and culture. In Oxford research encyclopedia of communication. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.162.
  • Maguire, M. (1980). The impact of burglary upon victims. The British Journal of Criminology, 20(3), 261–275. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047171
  • Manusov, V. (2016). Nonverbal communication. In R. T. Craig, J. Pooley, & E. Rothenbuhler (Eds.), International encyclopedia of communication theory and philosophy. Oxford, OX: Wiley-Blackwell. 1359–1378 .
  • Marcus, C. C. (2006). House as a mirror of self: Exploring the deeper meaning of home. Berkley, CA: Nicolas-Hays.
  • Masuda, T., & Nisbett, R. E. (2001). Attending holistically vs. analytically: Comparing the context sensitivity of Japanese and Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(5), 922–934. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.81.5.922
  • The Met. (n.d.). Heian period (794–1185). Accessed 28 Sept 2022. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/heia/hd_heia.htm
  • Nagasaki, F., Kawashima, M., Nomura, M., & Abe, T. (2009). 「ときめき」という心理現の実態把握. 日本心理学会第73回大会, 535. doi:10.4992/pacjpa.73.0_2AM042
  • Ouellette, L. (2019). Spark joy? Compulsory happiness and the feminist politics of decluttering. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 11(3–4), 534–550. doi:10.3384/cu.2000.1525.191108
  • Oyserman, D., Coon, H. M., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2002). Rethinking individualism and collectivism: Evaluation of theoretical assumptions and meta-analyses. Psychological Bulletin, 128(1), 3–72. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.128.1.3
  • Park, J. S.-Y. (2020). Emotion, language, and cultural transformation. In S. Pritzker, J. Fenigsen, & J. M. Wilce (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of language and emotion (pp. 100–113). London: Routledge.
  • Peña‐Alves, S. (2020). Outspoken objects and unspoken myths: The semiotics of object‐mediated communication. Symbolic Interaction, 43(3), 385–404. doi:10.1002/symb.464
  • Schifferstein, H. N. J., & Zwartkruis-Pelgrim, E. P. H. (2008). Consumer-product attachment: Measurement and design implications. International Journal of Design, 2(3), 1–14.
  • Sudnick, K. (2022). Sparking joy or sparking narcissism? A Western appropriation of the KonMari method. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 30(2), 132–145. doi:10.1080/15456870.2020.1839756
  • Sunagami, F. (2007). 幼稚園における幼児の仲間関係と物との結びつきー幼児が「他の子供と同じものを持つ」ことに焦点を当てて. 質的心理学研究, 6(6), 6–14.
  • Today Show. (2019, January 15). Now is the best time to go thrift shopping, thanks to Marie Kondo. https://www.today.com/home/marie-kondo-effect-thrift-storesnationwide-see-uptick-donations-t146810
  • Weblio. (n.d.). ときめき. In Author. Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8D%E3%82%81%E3%81%8D

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.