Re: Visiting the mall

There is an excellent chapter in "Ingenious: Emerging Youth Cultures in
Urban Australia" (2003) eds Melissa Butcher and Mandy Thomas, entitled
'Hanging out in Westfield Parramatta' pg 102-123 by Mandy Thomas, on the
practice of 'hanging out' with a focus on the body (pleasured, disciplined,
'ethnic', masculine) and it is based on ethnographic and interview material.
Westfield Parra could be understood an iconic symbol of the western suburbs
of Sydney.

Ciao,
Glen.

PhD Candidate
Centre for Cultural Research
University of Western Sydney


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> Check out Margaret Crawford's essay in Michael Sorkin (Ed.) _Variations on
> a Theme Park_. It provides a nice history about shopping malls more
> generally. I'd also second the previous suggestion of Benjamin's _Arcades
> Project_. Finally, you might see if you can chase down the film _Synthetic
> Pleasures_. It's a documentary about virtual life, broadly speaking
> (theme parks, plastic surgery, computer worlds, virtual reality). I often
> show this film in conjunction with Crawford's essay and have found it to
> be an excellent tool to facilitate larger discussions about the role of
> the shopping mall in contemporary society. Take care.
>
> Daniel
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