The mind a department store: reconfiguring space in the Gilded Age

The essay examines the metaphor of blurred or absent architectural boundaries-what Georg Simmel termed the "modern feeling against closed spaces"-in three discursive arenas: the physical space of domestic interiors and department stores, the mental space of William James's psychologic...

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Main Author: McDonald, Gail (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2002-06.
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