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clmills979

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on: Jul 2, 2018
In his theory of fashion, Herbert Blumer argued that_______________ ___.
 
  a. fashion serves mainly to institutionalize conspicuous consumption among the wealthy
 b. members of the lower classes emulate the fashions of the upper class
 c. matters of taste constitute a form of cultural capital
 d. taste is a matter of experience and a matter of collective selection

Question 2

Sociologist __________ asserted that fashion serves mainly to institutionalize conspicuous consumption among the wealthy.
 
  a. Georg Simmel
 b. Thorstein Veblen
 c. Pierre Bourdieu
 d. Herbert Blumer


kthug

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b


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