The Concept of the Potlatch, the Extravagant Feast and Display

question 6

Multiple Choice

The concept of the potlatch, the extravagant feast and display and often even the destruction of wealth or possessions (to show that one can afford to) characteristic of the Kwakiutl Indians of the Pacific Northwest, is analogous to the modern concept of:

• A) the idle rich
• B) conspicuous consumption
• C) social class
• D) reciprocal demand theory
• E) status anxiety

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