Shopping as an Entertainment Experience

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Lexington Books, 2007 - Business & Economics - 123 pages
Shopping as an Entertainment Experience explores the ways in which shopping has become a significant entertainment feature in our daily lives. Dr. Mark H. Moss examines the department store, the mall, and the e-store to demonstrate how shopping is often the most common leisure experience that people indulge in to occupy themselves.
 

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Contents

Liminality Magic and the Pleasure of the Shopping Place
1
Shopping Leisure and the Spectacle of Entertainment
15
The Department Store
31
The Mall
45
The EStore
59
Shopping As Entertainment Therapy
71
Shopping As an Edutainment ExperienceDressing History The Domain of Lauren
87
Shopping As a Cultural Experience Museums Merchandising and the Marking of Culture
99
Conclusion
111
Index
119
About the Author
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Mark H. Moss is Chair of General Arts and Science at Seneca College.

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