首页 | 本学科首页   官方微博 | 高级检索  
     检索      


The Spatial Dialectics of Modernity and Retail Affect at Abasto Shopping,Buenos Aires,Argentina
Authors:Jacob C Miller
Institution:1. School of Geography and Development , University of Arizona jcmiller@email.arizona.edu
Abstract:Abstract

The paper is about the political life of a building: the Abasto. Located in what was called the “most porteño” neighborhood in the first part of the 20th century (“porteño” is someone from central Buenos Aires) when it functioned as the city's main food market, the Abasto became a massive shopping mall in 1998 amid rapid neoliberal restructuring. This paper charts the political life of this building in two steps. First, by drawing on theories of socio-spatial dialectics, this paper charts the history of the Abasto as an urban object in a wider political landscape of porteño modernity. Second, by incorporating recent theories of affect and presenting findings from field work carried out at the mall in 2010 and 2011, this paper develops a framework for understanding the politics of consumption in a “post-neoliberal” urban landscape.
Keywords:Argentina  shopping malls  architecture  neoliberalism  dialectics  affect
设为首页 | 免责声明 | 关于勤云 | 加入收藏

Copyright©北京勤云科技发展有限公司  京ICP备09084417号