During the last three decades, the concept of liminality has been used by consumer researchers to examine consumption-related phenomena associated with ambiguous transitions and meaningful transformative events. Inspired by the richness of this concept, researchers have continuously applied and extended the theoretical lens it affords to new and emerging contexts. However, the literature on liminality remains fragmented, and it is sometimes confusing because of the complex relationship between liminality and consumption. To dispel this confusion, this study builds on the findings of a systematic literature review to clarify the interplay between liminality and consumption and to develop a comprehensive framework for examining their relationship with each other. This framework offers a theoretical lens for the conceptual investigation of this interplay and, ultimately, for the development of a theory of liminal consumption. Four different conceptual associations between liminality and consumption are identified: liminal products, liminal consumption, consumption-caused liminality, and liminality-caused consumption, and their unique manifestations are theorized. Using the notion of lifeworld existentials, this study also examines various types of liminal experiences and shows that they have four overarching modes: time, space, position, and the body. Important avenues for future research are also discussed.

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阈限与消费之间的相互作用：具有未来研究议程的系统文献综述

在过去的三年中，消费者研究人员使用阈限的概念来研究与模糊过渡和有意义的变革事件相关的消费相关现象。受这一概念丰富性的启发，研究人员不断将其提供的理论视角应用于新的和新兴的背景。然而，关于阈值的文献仍然是零散的，并且由于阈值和消费之间的复杂关系有时会令人困惑。为了消除这种混淆，本研究以系统文献综述的结果为基础，阐明了阈限和消费之间的相互作用，并制定了一个全面的框架来检查它们之间的关系。该框架为这种相互作用的概念研究提供了一个理论视角，并最终为阈限消费理论的发展提供了理论视角。确定了阈值和消费之间的四种不同的概念关联：阈值产品、阈值消费、消费引起的阈值和阈值引起的消费，并对它们的独特表现进行了理论化。使用生活世界存在主义的概念，这项研究还检查了各种类型的阈限经验，并表明它们有四种总体模式：时间、空间、位置和身体。还讨论了未来研究的重要途径。阈值消费、消费引起的阈值和阈值引起的消费及其独特的表现被理论化。使用生活世界存在主义的概念，这项研究还检查了各种类型的阈限经验，并表明它们有四种总体模式：时间、空间、位置和身体。还讨论了未来研究的重要途径。阈值消费、消费引起的阈值和阈值引起的消费及其独特的表现被理论化。使用生活世界存在主义的概念，这项研究还检查了各种类型的阈限经验，并表明它们有四种总体模式：时间、空间、位置和身体。还讨论了未来研究的重要途径。