期刊名称：Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology
印刷版ISSN：2160-3510
出版年度：2011
卷号：50
期号：3
页码：189-208
语种：English
出版社：University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
摘要：The U. S. garage or yard sale often serves as a secular rite of passage for Americans. Given the importance of consumer goods to the creation of personal identities, the public disposal (or acquisition) of such possessions can signal a major shift in life orientation. Moving, downsizing, selling baby items or grandmother’s effects after her death all constitute publically engaged rituals of transition to another status or identity. After selling possessions to the public, sellers are left with more space, both physical and psychological, as well as money that can be used to fashion a new life identity by generating resources to develop emerging “potential selves.";
