Description
All the World's a Mall details a whirlwind world tour in five stops: Edmonton, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, and Casablanca, chosen because they are home to some of the biggest malls on the planet. Cities within cities, these malls are wonderlands where visitors come from afar to: walk, eat, sleep, watch, swim, ride, photograph, and, of course, shop. With a curious, critical, and sometimes ironic eye, Swiss journalist Rinny Gremaud recounts her travels to and through these monstrous spaces of excess, relaying her conversations with patrons, employees, and executives, and contemplating the effects of globalized commerce. Informative and thoughtful, exhilarating and exhausting, jet-lagged and always air conditioned, All the World's a Mall is a truly memorable, hallucinatory adventure.
Author: Rinny Gremaud
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 09/26/2023
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781772127126
ISBN10: 1772127124
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | Special Interest | Shopping
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
About the Author
Rinny Gremaud is a journalist who lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. Luise von Flotow is a translation studies professor at the University of Ottawa.