Once-upon-a-time in the commodity world: An unofficial guide to mall of America

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-75

  Goss, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Allegory; Commodity aesthetic; Consumption; Fetishism; Shopping malls

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032997132     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00130     Document Type: Article

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