Malls, modernity and consumption: Shopping malls as new projectors of modernity in Accra, Ghana

IF 2.4 3区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

Journal of Consumer Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-31 DOI:10.1177/14695405211033666

Alexander K Eduful, Michael K. Eduful

引用次数: 6

Abstract

Shopping malls in the global South have been expanding rapidly, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, since 2000. Among others, they are seen as part of the processes of globalization, modernization and modernity. Using a mixed-methods approach based on case study of malls in Accra, Ghana, this study argues that malls in the global South, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, project images of modernity on account that they are framed as multiple loci of collective consumption and, as well, tend to represent nodes of global convergence.

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购物中心，现代性和消费:购物中心作为现代化的新投影仪在阿克拉，加纳

自2000年以来，全球南方的购物中心一直在迅速扩张，尤其是在撒哈拉以南非洲。除其他外，它们被视为全球化、现代化和现代性进程的一部分。本研究基于加纳阿克拉购物中心的案例研究，采用混合方法，认为全球南部，特别是撒哈拉以南非洲的购物中心投射出现代性的形象，因为它们被视为集体消费的多个场所，而且往往代表着全球趋同的节点。

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Journal of Consumer Culture Multiple-

CiteScore

5.70

自引率

3.80%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Journal of Consumer Culture is a major new journal designed to support and promote the dynamic expansion in interdisciplinary research focused on consumption and consumer culture, opening up debates and areas of exploration. Global in perspective and drawing on both theory and empirical research, the journal reflects the need to engage critically with modern consumer culture and to understand its central role in contemporary social processes. The Journal of Consumer Culture brings together articles from the many social sciences and humanities in which consumer culture has become a significant focus. It also engages with overarching contemporary perspectives on social transformation.