Arcades
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076112 |
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| Authors | Duy Lap Nguyen (0009-0001-4239-9174, University of Houston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosa062.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4320075834 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Originating in Paris in the 1820s, arcades were decorative passages or walkways through blocks of buildings. Typically glass‐roofed and supported by ornate ironwork columns, arcades served as a form of interior street: a site of consumption for the wealthy, and a place of marvel and spectacle for the poor. In sociological terms, the importance of the Parisian arcades lies in their purported role as progenitor of modern consumerism and, more tangentially, as a prototype of the contemporary shopping mall. The unearthing of the arcade as a site of sociological and philosophical importance is closely associated with the work of the German literary theorist Walter Benjamin
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Consumerism · Consumption (sociology · German · Sociology · Spectacle · Art, Aesthetics, and Perception · History · Law · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
| Highly cited | No |
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