Research Article

Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull

Number: 2 May 1, 2016
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Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull

Abstract

In this article, we will stress the construction of space and leisure time through the everyday practicing in shopping malls in Istanbul. This analysis aims to focus on the practice in shopping malls within the discussion of leisure time and space in order to develop a post-colonial critique in terms of daily life practices. By looking at the five shopping malls in Istanbul, this work claims that on the one hand experiencing shopping malls leads to the creation of self-colonizing subjects, and on the other hand creates new ways of pointing “others” as a “colonial” project. In other words, even if the subjects of neoliberal world try to practice the modern, Western life style in search for recognition within the hegemony of Eurocentric ideologies, at the same time this process creates them as “colonizers” who attempt to ascribe binary oppositions by referring to class, status and social differences

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References

  1. Homi Bhabha, The Location of Culture , (New York: Routledge, 1994)

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zeynep Yapar This is me

Yasin Arslan This is me

Rabia Yavuz This is me

Merve Armagan This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2016

Submission Date

May 1, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Number: 2

APA
Aksay, N. K., Yapar, Z., Arslan, Y., Yavuz, R., & Armagan, M. (2016). Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull. Üsküdar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2, 119-149. https://doi.org/10.32739/uskudarsbd.2.2.6
AMA
1.Aksay NK, Yapar Z, Arslan Y, Yavuz R, Armagan M. Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull. JOSOC. 2016;(2):119-149. doi:10.32739/uskudarsbd.2.2.6
Chicago
Aksay, Nursem Keskin, Zeynep Yapar, Yasin Arslan, Rabia Yavuz, and Merve Armagan. 2016. “Creating Shopping Malls As Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull”. Üsküdar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 2: 119-49. https://doi.org/10.32739/uskudarsbd.2.2.6.
EndNote
Aksay NK, Yapar Z, Arslan Y, Yavuz R, Armagan M (May 1, 2016) Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull. Üsküdar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2 119–149.
IEEE
[1]N. K. Aksay, Z. Yapar, Y. Arslan, R. Yavuz, and M. Armagan, “Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull”, JOSOC, no. 2, pp. 119–149, May 2016, doi: 10.32739/uskudarsbd.2.2.6.
ISNAD
Aksay, Nursem Keskin - Yapar, Zeynep - Arslan, Yasin - Yavuz, Rabia - Armagan, Merve. “Creating Shopping Malls As Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull”. Üsküdar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2 (May 1, 2016): 119-149. https://doi.org/10.32739/uskudarsbd.2.2.6.
JAMA
1.Aksay NK, Yapar Z, Arslan Y, Yavuz R, Armagan M. Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull. JOSOC. 2016;:119–149.
MLA
Aksay, Nursem Keskin, et al. “Creating Shopping Malls As Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull”. Üsküdar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 2, May 2016, pp. 119-4, doi:10.32739/uskudarsbd.2.2.6.
Vancouver
1.Nursem Keskin Aksay, Zeynep Yapar, Yasin Arslan, Rabia Yavuz, Merve Armagan. Creating Shopping Malls as Postcolonial Spaces through Leisure Time Discourses: The Example of Shopping Malls in Istanbull. JOSOC. 2016 May 1;(2):119-4. doi:10.32739/uskudarsbd.2.2.6

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