Mall City : Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0824855418
ISBN-13
9780824855413
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Imprint
University of Hawai'i Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 30th, 2016
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
474 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.70 x 1.50 cms
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Hong Kong is the twenty-first-century century paradigmatic capital of consumerism. Of all cities, it has the densest and tallest concentration of malls, sandwiched between subways and skyscrapers. Its malls are also the most visited and have become cities in and of themselves. Mall City features Hong Kong as a unique rendering of an advanced consumer society.
Hong Kong is the twenty-first-century century paradigmatic capital of consumerism. Of all cities, it has the densest and tallest concentration of malls, sandwiched between subways and skyscrapers. Its malls are also the most visited and have become cities in and of themselves. Mall City features Hong Kong as a unique rendering of an advanced consumer society. Retail space has come a long way since the covered passages of Paris, which once awed the bourgeoisie with glass roofs and gaslights. It has morphed from the arcade to the department store, and from the mall into the “mall city”—where “expresscalators” crisscross mesmerizing atriums. Highlighting the effects of this development in Hong Kong, this book raises questions about architecture, city planning, culture, and urban life.
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