{"product_id":"big-mall-paperback-1","title":"Big Mall - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, is shopping what makes life worth living?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Black grew up in West Edmonton Mall - a mall on steroids, notorious for its indoor waterpark, deadly roller coaster, and controversial dolphin shows. But everyone has a favourite mall, or a mall that is their own personal memory palace. It's a place people love to hate and hate to love - a site of pleasure and pain, of death and violence, of (sub)urban legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending a history of shopping with a story of coming of age in North America's largest and strangest mall, \u003ci\u003eBig Mall\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how these structures have become the ultimate symbol of late-capitalist dread - and, surprisingly, a subversive site of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Speaking as a child of PacSun and Hot Topic myself, \u003ci\u003eBig Mall\u003c\/i\u003e is like a madeleine dipped in Orange Julius. Like a mall, the book itself has a lot of everything, a sublime mix of memoir, history, and cultural criticism. Kate Black is a learned Virgil in the consumerist Inferno, always avoiding the obvious and leading us to surprising connections--oil, suicide, Reddit, squatters, dolphins. Whether malls fill you with nostalgia or horror, this book will change your relationship to the world we've constructed around us.\" - \u003cb\u003eTony Tulathimutte, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrivate Citizens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Before there was Instagram, there was the mall. But what happens when a seasonless, tacky, fantasyland is all you knew growing up? How does one embrace a genuinely fake experience? Or to be more precise, a fake but genuine experience? Kate Black's \u003ci\u003eBig Mall\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, sentimental, and perspective-shifting look at the outsized role that big malls play in modern life. Love 'em or hate 'em, one thing's for sure: after reading this book, you'll never look at a mall in the same way again.\" - \u003cb\u003eZiya Tong, Science broadcaster \u0026amp; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reality Bubble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Black\u003c\/b\u003e's essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2020, she was selected as one of Canada's top emerging voices in non-fiction by the RBC Taylor Prize and the National Magazine Awards. She grew up in St. Albert, Alberta, and lives in Vancouver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288650858745,"sku":"9781552454725","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/LgdVAb-6WF9781552454725_7506f456-e4fb-4e1b-aead-e98615a07c7c.webp?v=1769134033","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/big-mall-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}