{"product_id":"big-mall-kate-black-9781552454725","title":"Big Mall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, is shopping what makes life worth living?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Black grew up in West Edmonton Mall - a mall on steroids, notorious for its indoor waterpark, deadly roller coaster, and controversial dolphin shows. But everyone has a favourite mall, or a mall that is their own personal memory palace. It's a place people love to hate and hate to love - a site of pleasure and pain, of death and violence, of (sub)urban legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending a history of shopping with a story of coming of age in North America's largest and strangest mall, \u003ci\u003eBig Mall\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how these structures have become the ultimate symbol of late-capitalist dread - and, surprisingly, a subversive site of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Speaking as a child of PacSun and Hot Topic myself, \u003ci\u003eBig Mall\u003c\/i\u003e is like a madeleine dipped in Orange Julius. Like a mall, the book itself has a lot of everything, a sublime mix of memoir, history, and cultural criticism. Kate Black is a learned Virgil in the consumerist Inferno, always avoiding the obvious and leading us to surprising connections--oil, suicide, Reddit, squatters, dolphins. Whether malls fill you with nostalgia or horror, this book will change your relationship to the world we've constructed around us.\" - \u003cb\u003eTony Tulathimutte, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrivate Citizens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Before there was Instagram, there was the mall. But what happens when a seasonless, tacky, fantasyland is all you knew growing up? How does one embrace a genuinely fake experience? Or to be more precise, a fake but genuine experience? Kate Black's \u003ci\u003eBig Mall\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, sentimental, and perspective-shifting look at the outsized role that big malls play in modern life. Love 'em or hate 'em, one thing's for sure: after reading this book, you'll never look at a mall in the same way again.\" - \u003cb\u003eZiya Tong, Science broadcaster \u0026amp; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reality Bubble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155245472X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552454725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 1","brand":"Kate Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410616283391,"sku":"9781552454725","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcfdb357-f9ce-4a80-8a28-cfee04b9e381.jpg?v=1697537001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-mall-kate-black-9781552454725","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}