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The cultural role of the Malls

Publication date: 2013

Ethnographies, 2013, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp. 335 - 342

https://doi.org/10.4467/22999558.PE.13.031.1372

Authors

Marta Frączkiewicz
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
, Poland
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The cultural role of the Malls

Abstract

The author attempts to examine the cultural and charitable events which increasingly take place in malls instead of old towns or squares and considerably widen the function of such places. In her opinion, we can observe a transfer of social life from customary space to shopping centers. Providing an examples from Toruń the author presents the main cultural functions of malls as a practice of satisfying all potential clients’ needs under one roof.

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Information: Ethnographies, 2013, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp. 335 - 342

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

The cultural role of the Malls

English:

The cultural role of the Malls

Authors

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Poland

Published at: 2013

Article status: Open

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Marta Frączkiewicz (Author) - 100%

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