Conspicuous distinction: a reading of Veblen and Bourdieu

The paper provides a comparative reading of two influential works of Veblen and Bourdieu, on cultural consumption. Approaches to consumers‟ taste and preferences are predominantly essentialist. However, Veblen and Bourdieu focused on the relationship between consumption and social divisions. Their v...

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Main Author: Guimarães, Isabel (author)
Other Authors: Oliveira, Eva (author), Rocha, M. (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25232
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/25232