ISBN10: 1501314823, ISBN13: 9781501314827, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The mall near Mat thew Newtons childhood home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of the states first enclosed shopping malls. Like all malls in their heyday, this one was a climate-controlled pleasuredome where strangers converged. It boasted waterfalls, fish ponds, an indoor ice skating rink larger than Rockefeller Centers, and a monolithic clock tower illuminated year-round beneath a canopy of interconnected skylights. It also became the backdrop for filmmaker George A. Romeros zombie opus Dawn of the Dead.Part memoir and part case study, Shopping Mall examines the modern mythology of the mall and shows that, more than a collection of stores, it is a place of curiosity, ritual, and fantasy.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. Part memoir and part study of modern life, Shopping Mall examines the modern mythology of the shopping mall and the place it holds in our shared cultural history. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 1501314823, ISBN13: 9781501314827, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc] Softcover Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. . . 2017. Paperback. . . . .
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Bloomsbury Academic 2017 Trade paperback New Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120...2017. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.