Consumers Who Are "In the Know" About Valued Status Symbols

question 101

Multiple Choice

Consumers who are "in the know" about valued status symbols may switch gears and deliberately seek to mock the prizing of such status symbols by avoiding them, for example, by wearing torn blue jeans, a form of consumption called:

• A) ironic mimicry.
• B) fraudulent flattery.
• C) parody display.
• D) counterfeit consumption.

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