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All the world's a mall / Rinny Gremaud ; translated by Luise von Flotow.
Lippincott Library HC79.C6 G7413 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gremaud, Rinny, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Wayfarer (Edmonton, Alta.)
- Wayfarer, a literary travel series
- Standardized Title:
- Monde en toc. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Gremaud, Rinny, 1977---Travel.
- Gremaud, Rinny.
- Shopping malls.
- Shopping malls--Social aspects.
- Shopping centers.
- Shopping centers--Social aspects.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
- Shopping.
- Shopping--Social aspects.
- shopping.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- travelog (performed works genre)
- Travel writing
- Travel writing.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 135 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- All the world is a mall
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : University of Alberta Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- "All the World's a Mall details a whirlwind world tour in five stops: Edmonton, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, and Casablanca, chosen because they are home to some of the biggest malls on the planet. Built to contain over-sized leisure and sales activities, these disproportionate shopping malls are cities within cities, wonderlands where visitors come from afar to do everything: walk, eat, sleep, watch, swim, ski, skate, ride, photograph, and, of course, buy. Swiss journalist Rinny Gremaud recounts her travels to and through these fake gold and marble realms, relaying building histories, addressing questions around management and economics, and providing portraits of the patrons, employees, and commercial executives she meets at these "best of the world" centres. With a curious, critical, and sometimes ironic eye, Gremaud reflects on the globalized commerce that drives the creation of these mirrored palaces, and on their spectacular and senseless utopic vision of an acculturated world centered on brands and consumption. Informative and thoughtful, exhilarating and exhausting, jet-lagged and always air conditioned, All the World's a Mall is a truly memorable, hallucinatory adventure."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Un monde en toc.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gremaud, Rinny, 1977- Monde en toc. English. All the world's a mall.
- ISBN:
- 1772127124
- 9781772127126
- OCLC:
- 1370926117
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