Shopping As an Entertainment Experience
by Moss, Mark H.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-03-15
Publisher(s): LEXINGTON BOOKS
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Summary
iShopping as an Entertainment Experiencei explores the ways in which shopping has become a significant entertainment feature in our daily lives. Dr. Mark H. Moss examines the mall, the e-store, and the department store to demonstrate how shopping is often the most common leisure experience that people indulge in to occupy themselves.
Author Biography
Mark Moss is chair of the General Arts and Science Program at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Liminality, Magic, and the Pleasure of the Shopping Place | p. 1 |
| Shopping, Leisure, and the Spectacle of Entertainment | p. 15 |
| The Department Store | p. 31 |
| The Mall | p. 45 |
| The E-Store | p. 59 |
| Shopping As Entertainment Therapy | p. 71 |
| Shopping As An Edu-tainment Experience-Dressing History: The Domain of Lauren | p. 87 |
| Shopping As a Cultural Experience: Museums, Merchandising, and the Marketing of Culture | p. 99 |
| Conclusion | p. 111 |
| Index | p. 119 |
| About the Author | p. 123 |
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