Re: Visiting the mall

Fred,
I'd also recommend a few chapters in Anne Friedberg's "Window Shopping", 

espec Section 3. Might be an interesting complement to M. Morris' 
excellent and already suggested essay.
Norman

FRED A FEJES wrote:

> 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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