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Conspicuous consumption: a struggle for supremacy

Livia Pivanti

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Thorstein Veblen. Veblen as an economist and sociologist. Veblen's theory of conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption. Pierre Bourdieu. Veblen and Bourdieu. Dress: emblem of conspicuous consumption. Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture.

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Thorstein Veblen. Veblen as an economist and sociologist. Veblen's theory of conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption. Pierre Bourdieu. Veblen and Bourdieu. Dress: emblem of conspicuous consumption. Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture.

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Thorstein Veblen. Veblen as an economist and sociologist. Veblen's theory of conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption. Pierre Bourdieu. Veblen and Bourdieu. Dress: emblem of conspicuous consumption. Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture.

Key concepts: Veblen good, Conspicuous consumption, Emblem, Consumption (sociology), Neoclassical economics, Sociology, Economics, Institutional economics

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