The cultural role of the Malls

• Authors: Marta Frączkiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author attempts to examine the cultural and charitable events which increasingly take place in malls instead of old towns or squares and considerably widen the function of such places. In her opinion, we can observe a transfer of social life from customary space to shopping centers. Providing an examples from Toruń the author presents the main cultural functions of malls as a practice of satisfying all potential clients’ needs under one roof.

Keywords

EN

malls; shopping; mass culture; consumerism; amusement parks; entertainment; free time; recreation; leisure

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Prace Etnograficzne
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 335–342

Dates

published

2013

online

2013-09-03

Contributors

author

Marta Frączkiewicz

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/22999558.PE.13.031.1372