Main entry:

Underhill, Paco.

Title & Author:

The call of the mall / Paco Underhill.

Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2004.

Description:

227 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
America shops -- You are here -- A mouse hole -- Dude, where's my car? -- Why malls fear freedom -- I brake for Meanderthals -- Nose and toes -- Sex and the mall -- The Charmin challenge -- Status anxiety and back pockets -- Fun -- Hands-free shopping -- Pushcarts rule -- Mall cuisine -- Breakfast at Cartier -- A man and his mall -- Who is your dad? -- Malls of the world -- Where the girls are -- The mall touch -- Short hills or Seoul? -- Other venues -- Scenes from a mall -- The postmall world.

Summary:

Profiling malls as intersections of American consumer marketing, the media, and street culture, an examination of malls as reflections of commercial and social culture considers what malls mean to ordinary people.

Resources:
Sample text
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0743235916
9780743235914
0743235924 (pbk.)
9780743235921 (pbk.)

Subject:

Shopping malls United States.
Consumption (Economics) United States.
Consumers United States Attitudes.
Centros comerciales Estados Unidos.
Consumo (Economía) Estados Unidos.
Consumidores Estados Unidos Actitudes.
Galeries marchandes États-Unis.
Société de consommation États-Unis.
Consommateurs États-Unis Attitudes.
Consumers Attitudes.
Consumption (Economics)
Shopping malls.
Winkelen.
Consumentengedrag.
Comportement du consommateur.
Société de consommation.
Mail.
Magasinage.
United States.
États-Unis.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236539
Call No.: BIB 166379
Status: Available