Shopping as an entertainment experience
by
 
Moss, Mark Howard, 1962-

Title
: 
Shopping as an entertainment experience

Author
: 
Moss, Mark Howard, 1962-

ISBN
: 
9780739116814
 
9780739116807

Personal Author
: 
Moss, Mark Howard, 1962-

Publication Information
: 
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007.

Physical Description
: 
p. cm.

Contents
: 
Liminality, magic and the pleasure of the shopping place -- Shopping, leisure and the spectacle of entertainment -- The department store -- The mall -- The e-store -- Shopping as entertainment therapy -- Shopping as an edu-tainment experience, dressing history : the domain of lauren -- Shopping as a cultural experience : museums, merchandising and the marketing of culture -- Conclusion.

Abstract
: 
"Shopping as an Entertainment Experience explores the ways in which shopping has become a significant entertainment feature in our daily lives. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
Department stores -- Social aspects.
 
Shopping malls -- Social aspects.
 
Shopping -- Social aspects.

Electronic Access
: 
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006038197.html


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