This article examines how the practices of street vendors in contemporary Santiago relate to
changes in their identities, which have been reconfigured along with city's form and …

La crítica intelectual, tanto en Norteamérica como Latinoamérica, ha tendido a mostrar el
mall como un espacio privado sobrecontrolado, socialmente homogéneo e indiferente al …

This project investigates why people in Chile acquired so much consumer debt in contexts of
material prosperity, and asks what the role of inequality and commodification is in this …

Spectacle, once a key term for critical theories, has had limited theoretical development in
recent decades. To make sure the concept remains relevant today, this paper turns to actor …

After Pinochet's dictatorship ended in Chile in 1990, the country experienced a rapid decline
in poverty along with a quickly growing economy. As a result, Chile's middle class expanded …

This chapter examines the arrival of the first enclosed shopping centre in a Latin American
city–Paseo Las Mercedes in Caracas, Venezuela in 1956–and the subsequent dispersion of …

En primer lugar agradezco al Lincoln Institute of Land Policy por haberme concedido una de
sus becas de apoyo de Tesis de Maestría y Doctorado de su Programa para América Latina …

El shopping mall aparece en Estados Unidos a mediados del siglo veinte y es una
expresión del proceso de suburbanización de la sociedad norteamericana. Mientras los …

Objetivo: La literatura sobre los shopping centers muestra diferentes posiciones teóricas en
relación a las modificaciones que provocan en la estructura urbana. Existe una …

This entry looks at the origins and development of shopping arcades, also known as
covered galleries and passages, in the modern city. The text discusses the cultural and …