Stratification: describe this object first in terms of its visual or aesthetic features and then in terms of what it might be thought to symbolize in terms of status.
Stratification Sociologist Thorstein Veblen introduced the concept of conspicuous consumption in 1899 to describe the act of buying and usingĀ products to make a statement about social standing. STEP 1: Over a two-day period, be on the lookout for examples of conspicuous consumption that you see on display in your own environment (i.e, as possessed … Read more