read the articles and answer the following questions 2

Read the article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt19632h7?turn_away=true&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

pp. 1-16 & 69-73

Respond briefly to the following questions:

Into Topic:

1. Who are “the new middle classes” that Arlene Davila refers to in the reading?
2. Since when middle-class identity is linked to consumption?
3. What does “the war of space” means in Arlene Davila’s reading? Who are the main actors?
4. What does the author mean by the Standardization of Shopping?
5. What does the author mean when she says that malls mean the disappearance of work? And what work? Can you relate to Naomi Klein’s McJobs here?
6. Amazon and others online shopping platforms have changed the way many people shop/consume, But as Arlene Davila shows, we do not only go to the mall to consume. In what ways do you think pandemics such as COVID-19 are going to affect the way we articulate our citizen rights and demands if malls are not opened any more?