Discussion on consumption behavior relative to social class in the society

Discussion on consumption behavior relative to social class in the society

Watch the short video about conspicuous leisure and consumption and then read Rachel Sherman’s article on New York’s elite (“A very expensive ordinary life“, Socio-Economic Review). Write a 500 word reflection covering the following questions:

1. How do people use consumption to signal their class?

2. How do people make sense of their place in social life in terms of class? What role does being ‘ordinary’ play in this sense-making process?

3. How and why do people in Sherman’s work ‘normalize’ their practices?

4. Does this mean that conspicuous consumption is somehow regulated? If so, how?

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