Re: Visiting the mall

Margaret Morse, "An Ontology of Everyday Distraction: The Freeway, 
the Mall, and Television," in Patricia Mellencamp, ed. Logics of 
Television, Indiana U. Press, 1990.
DM

> In the class I teach "Media, Identity and Post Modern Society" students
> have elected  as their field trip to  visit a number of Boca Raton's
> shopping malls.
>
> Obviously they've all been there before, but this time hopefully they
> will  visit with a new appreciation of the mall as a dedicated cultural
> space where , through a combination of visual, spatial, aural and
> aromatic media,  a certain type of experience and subjectivity is
> created.
>
> To prepare them for this journey, I am looking for material for them to
> read dealing with shopping malls as a cultural experience .  I have 
> material  written by cultural geographers, but was wondering if anyone 
> can suggest additional readings.
>
> I really appreciate   this list and  the way it allows one to draw upon
> the collective knowledge and experience of the cutural studies
> community.   This is a valuable resource.
>
>
>
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