%0 Journal Article
%T Apropiaci¨®n y control social en un centro comercial de Santiago: pr¨˘cticas socioespaciales y significaciones adolescentes
%A P¨¦rez
%A Miguel
%A Salcedo
%A Rodrigo
%A C¨˘ceres
%A Gonzalo
%J EURE (Santiago)
%D 2012
%I Pontificia Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile
%R 10.4067/S0250-71612012000100003
%X intellectual critique, both from north and latin america, has described malls as tightly controlled, socially homogeneous private spaces that are indifferent to their urban context. in chile, this also implied a critique ofthe neoliberal model established during the dictatorship, which however, did not deny the mall's success among citizens. in this article, through a qualitative and ethnographical analysis ofpractices and significations ofteenagers in the plaza vespucio mall, we will discuss some ofthe most common discourses ofthe intellectual critique by asserting thatfor adolescents: (i) the mall, rather than being enclosed and indifferent to the larger urban context, is part ofa system including different types ofspaces; (fi) the private /public; inside / outside distinctions are not relevant; and (fii) the level ofsocial control in the mall is tolerated insofar as practices ofadaptation and emerging resistance.
%K public space
%K consumption
%K urban culture
%K urban sociology.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0250-71612012000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en