Conspicuous Consumption
What does Veblen mean by conspicuous consumption?
Buying and displaying goods publicly in order to show wealth, status, or reputability.
What is the characteristic of the Zone of the Workingmen?
One of these:
- an area where workers slowly escape the zone of transition, an area that is convenient for workplaces, an area with better housing and the environment is better and stable;
In Veblen’s theory, what kind of labor is associated with inferiority?
Productive labor
According to Veblen, are people consuming goods only for practical use, or also for another social reason?
Not only for practical use, but also to gain social recognition and display status.
What si decentralisation and what does it lead to?
It is a structural process driven by competition, which leads to more efficient adjustment of the city life.
What social class is defined by freedom from productive labor?
The leisure class
How does dupe culture still connect to Veblen’s idea of conspicuous consumption?
Because even cheaper alternatives are still shown publicly and used for status display, comparison, and recognition.
What is one of the best/most sensitive indices of mobility?
Land value/transportation/innovations
What does Veblen call status display performed by servants or household members on behalf of someone else?
Vicarious leisure
What is the main tension in applying Veblen to social media today: does dupe culture reject status competition, or what?
It changes the form of status competition rather than making it disappear
What is the Commercial community, and how is it different from the Primary Service community?
What is the difference between visibility and belonging in Gatsby’s case?
He gains attention, but not full acceptance