Editing Conspicuous consumption (section)

==Consumerism theory==
Since the 19th century, conspicuous consumption explains the psychology behind the economics of a [[consumer society]], and the increase in the types of goods and services that people consider necessary to and for their lives in a developed economy. Supporting interpretations and explanations of contemporary conspicuous consumption are presented in ''Consumer Culture'' (1996) by Celia Lury,<ref name="Consumer Culture">{{cite book|last = Lury|first = Celia|date =1996|title = Consumer Culture|url = https://archive.org/details/consumerculture0000lury|url-access = registration|publisher = Polity Press |isbn = 9780745614410}}</ref> ''Consumer Culture and Modernity'' (1997) by [[Don Slater]],<ref name="Consumer Culture and Modernity">[[Don Slater|Slater, Don]]. (1997) ''Consumer Culture and Modernity''. London: Polity.</ref> ''Symbolic Exchange and Death'' (1998) by [[Jean Baudrillard]],<ref>Baudrillard, J. (1998b) Symbolic Exchange and Death. London: Sage.</ref> and ''Spent: Sex, Evolution, and the Secrets of Consumerism'' (2009) by [[Geoffrey Miller (evolutionary psychologist)#Evolutionary psychology of consumerism|Geoffrey Miller]].<ref>Miller G, ''Spent: sex, evolution and the secrets of consumerism'', Random House, London, 2009 ({{ISBN|9780670020621}})</ref>

Moreover, D. Hebdige, in ''Hiding in the Light'' (1994), proposes that conspicuous consumption is a form of displaying a [[personal identity]],<ref name="Consumer Culture and Modernity" /><ref>Hebdige, D. (1994) ''Hiding in the Light''. London: Routledge.</ref><ref>Wilson, E. (ed.) ''Chic Thrills. A Fashion Reader''. London: HarperCollins</ref> and a consequent function of [[advertising]], as proposed in ''Ads, Fads, and Consumer Culture'' (2000), by A. A. Berger.<ref>Berger, A. A. (2000) ''Ads, Fads, and Consumer Culture''. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.</ref> Each variant interpretation and complementary explanation is derived from Veblen's original sociologic proposition in ''The Theory of the Leisure Class'': that conspicuous consumption is a psychological end in itself, from which the practitioner (man, woman, family) derived the [[honour]] of superior [[social status]].