Symbolic Consumption: The Interplay Between Distinction, Distastes and Degrees of Rejection Emma N. Banister Department of Marketing Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX Tel: (44) 01524 593919 Fax: (44) 01524 593928 Email: e.banister@lancaster.ac.uk Margaret K. Hogg Department of Marketing Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX Tel: (44) 01524 594149 Fax: (44) 01524 593928 Email: m.hogg@lancaster.ac.uk Alain Decrop FUNDP University of Namur Department of Business Administration Rempart de la Vierge 8-B5000 Namur Belgium Phone: 32 81 72 48 82 Fax: 32 81 72 48 40 Email: alain.decrop@fundp.ac.be Dominique Roux University Paris XII 61 av du Gal de Gaulle 94010 Creteil Cedex France Tel: 33 6 85 10 41 69 Email: roux@univ-paris12.fr