Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption
by Stefan Al, Dr. Carolyn Cartier, Dr. Cecilia L. Chu, Dr. Tung-Yiu Stan Lai, Dr. Gordon Mathews, Adam Nowek, Dr. David Grahame Shane, Barrie Shelton, Professor Jonathan D. Solomon
Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption offers a multidisciplinary look at Hong Kong through its malls and consumer culture. Drawing on the perspectives of its varied contributors, the book considers how commercial spaces influence urban experience, cultural identity, and the ways the city is imagined.
About This Book
Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption examines Hong Kong through the experience and idea of the shopping mall.
The book brings together contributions from a diverse group of authors, including scholars and practitioners connected to architecture, urban studies, sociology, and cultural analysis.
Its focus on consumption offers a lens for considering how commercial spaces shape perceptions of the city and its urban culture.
With Hong Kong as its setting, the volume presents a multidisciplinary exploration of malls and the dreamworlds associated with them.
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