El centro comercial: una "burbuja de cristal"

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Main Author: Federico Medina Cano
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad de Colima 1998
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author Federico Medina Cano
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contents El centro comercial: una "burbuja de cristal" Federico Medina Cano Estudios Culturales The shopping center is the new place for commerce in today´s cities.It is the new public space that emerges when the old downtown loosesits economic, politic and cultural leadership (the lived and enjoyed citydisappears for the citizens). But the shopping center is not a democraticplace that would gather all the inhabitants of the city, it is a restrictedspace in which there are exclusions and processes of segregation. Theshopping center is half public, half private and works as a pasteurizedworld, A place that reduces the city into a private word, which is protectedfrom the outside noise and social contradictions. Its suspended in time and attracts visitors with promises of comfort. It is a fancy, falseparadise and a place to buy comfort. This article analyzes the forms aswell as the symbolism of its architecture. Also, it studies its aesthetics,stock presentation and display windows. The shopping center is a structurethat makes walking and buying easier. The article also shows thedifferent uses that this place allows the visitor. 1998 artículo científico 3061-7537 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31600804 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=316 Estudios sobre las Culturas Contemporáneas application/pdf Universidad de Colima Estudios sobre las Culturas Contemporáneas (México) Num.8 Vol.IV
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spellingShingle El centro comercial: una "burbuja de cristal"
Federico Medina Cano
Estudios Culturales
El centro comercial: una "burbuja de cristal" Federico Medina Cano Estudios Culturales The shopping center is the new place for commerce in today´s cities.It is the new public space that emerges when the old downtown loosesits economic, politic and cultural leadership (the lived and enjoyed citydisappears for the citizens). But the shopping center is not a democraticplace that would gather all the inhabitants of the city, it is a restrictedspace in which there are exclusions and processes of segregation. Theshopping center is half public, half private and works as a pasteurizedworld, A place that reduces the city into a private word, which is protectedfrom the outside noise and social contradictions. Its suspended in time and attracts visitors with promises of comfort. It is a fancy, falseparadise and a place to buy comfort. This article analyzes the forms aswell as the symbolism of its architecture. Also, it studies its aesthetics,stock presentation and display windows. The shopping center is a structurethat makes walking and buying easier. The article also shows thedifferent uses that this place allows the visitor. 1998 artículo científico 3061-7537 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31600804 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=316 Estudios sobre las Culturas Contemporáneas application/pdf Universidad de Colima Estudios sobre las Culturas Contemporáneas (México) Num.8 Vol.IV
title El centro comercial: una "burbuja de cristal"
topic Estudios Culturales
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31600804