Grant McCracken

16.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
33 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Grant McCracken is a scholar working on Museology, Urban Studies and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Grant McCracken has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Museology, 4 papers in Urban Studies and 4 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Grant McCracken's work include Fashion and Cultural Textiles (7 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (3 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (3 papers). Grant McCracken is often cited by papers focused on Fashion and Cultural Textiles (7 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (3 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (3 papers). Grant McCracken collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Grant McCracken's co-authors include Russell W. Belk, John F. Sherry, Victor J. Roth, Jeffrey L. Meikle, David L. Morgan, Edward F. McQuarrie, Bryan Pfaffenberger and Alan Bryman and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Marketing and Journal of Marketing Research.

In The Last Decade

Grant McCracken

29 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

The long interview 1986 2026 1999 2012 1988 1988 1989 1986 1989 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The long interview
    1988 2.6k citations Grant McCracken profile →
  2. The Long Interview
    1988 2.3k citations Grant McCracken profile →
  3. Who is the Celebrity Endorser? Cultural Foundations of the Endorsement Process
    1989 2.2k citations Grant McCracken Journal of Consumer Research profile →
  4. Culture and Consumption: A Theoretical Account of the Structure and Movement of the Cultural Meaning of Consumer Goods
    1986 1.9k citations Grant McCracken Journal of Consumer Research profile →
  5. Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities
    1989 719 citations Russell W. Belk, Grant McCracken Journal of Marketing profile →
  6. Culture and Consumption
    1990 605 citations Grant McCracken Indiana University Press eBooks profile →
  7. Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities
    1989 448 citations Grant McCracken et al. profile →

Peers

Grant McCracken
Craig J. Thompson United States
John F. Sherry United States
Douglas B. Holt United Kingdom
Eric J. Arnould United States
Linda L. Price United States
George Ritzer United States
Lynn R. Kahle United States
Edward F. McQuarrie United States
Christina Goulding United Kingdom
Ronald Paul Hill United States
Craig J. Thompson United States
Grant McCracken
Citations per year, relative to Grant McCracken Grant McCracken (= 1×) peers Craig J. Thompson

Countries citing papers authored by Grant McCracken

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Fields of papers citing papers by Grant McCracken

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Grant McCracken

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Grant McCracken. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Grant McCracken based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Grant McCracken. Grant McCracken is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCracken, Grant. (2021). History and Symbolic Anthropology: A Review and Critique of Four New Contributions to their Rapprochement. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 3(2). 3–14.
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McCracken, Grant. (2021). Rank and Two Aspects of Dress in Elizabethan England. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 2(2). 53–62. 1 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (2012). Culturematic : how reality TV, John Cheever, a Pie Lab, Julia Child, fantasy football, Burning man, the Ford Fiesta movement, Rube Goldberg, NFL films, Wordle, Two and a half men, a 10,000-year symphony, and ROFLcon memes will help you create and execute breakthrough ideas. 1 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (2008). Transformations: Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 29 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (2006). Keynote Address: Ethnography and the “Extra Data” Opportunity. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings. 2006(1). 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (2005). Culture and Consumption II. Indiana University Press eBooks. 27 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (2005). Culture and consumption II : markets, meaning, and brandmanagement. 9 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (2003). CULTURE and culture at the Royal Ontario Museum: Anthropology Meets Marketing, Part Two. Curator The Museum Journal. 46(4). 421–432. 4 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (1990). New approaches to the symbolic character of consumer goods and activities. Indiana University Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (1990). Textile History and the Consumer Epidemic: An Anthropological Approach to Popular Consumption and the Mass Market. Material Culture Review / Revue de la culture matérielle. 31(1).
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Bryman, Alan, Grant McCracken, Bryan Pfaffenberger, & David L. Morgan. (1990). The Long Interview.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(3). 485–485. 3 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (1990). Culture and Consumption. Indiana University Press eBooks. 605 indexed citations breakdown →
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Belk, Russell W. & Grant McCracken. (1989). Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities. Journal of Marketing. 53(3). 125–125. 719 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meikle, Jeffrey L. & Grant McCracken. (1989). Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities. Technology and Culture. 30(4). 1091–1091. 60 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (1988). The Long Interview. 2328 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCracken, Grant. (1987). Advertising: Meaning Or Information. ACR North American Advances. 81 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (1987). The history of consumption: A literature review and consumer guide. Journal of Consumer Policy. 10(2). 139–166. 41 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (1986). Culture and Consumption: A Theoretical Account of the Structure and Movement of the Cultural Meaning of Consumer Goods. Journal of Consumer Research. 13(1). 71–84. 1886 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCracken, Grant. (1984). The pre‐coronation passage of Elizabeth I: political theatre or the rehearsal of politics?. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 21(1). 47–61. 2 indexed citations
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McCracken, Grant. (1983). The Exchange of Children in Tudor England: an Anthropological Phenomenon in Historical Context. Journal of Family History. 8(4). 303–313. 18 indexed citations

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