Purpose – Tourists' special possessions are under-studied in consumer research despite their importance in self-identity development. Furthermore, extant studies about tourist souvenirs fail in providing an extensive and in-depth view of souvenirs, and in exploring both their functional and...

This paper takes place within the societal shift from modernism to postmodernism and presents major consumption trends of the last two decennia. Those trends lead to a series of paradoxes that are interpreted in the light of postmodernist theories. The paper shows how consumption phenomena...