Many of the props and settings consumers use to define their social roles become part of themselves. for example, one of mary bennett's last requests was that when she died, she wanted to be buried in her favorite dress. this situation illustrates

I believe the answer is: Extended self
Extended self refers to the definition of our self-value that derived from the external objects that we're surrounded with.
For example, if we surround ourself in closed environment with stacks of document, we would most likely to give our job the highest value in our life

It’s actually still in the u.s.