Mallparks

Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption

Michael T. Friedman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

324 Seiten

2023
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-6929-0 (ISBN)

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In Mallparks, Michael T. Friedman observes that as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns and skyscrapers epitomized those within industrial cities, sports stadiums exemplify urban American consumption at the turn of the twenty-first century. Grounded in Henri Lefebvre and George Ritzer's spatial theories in their analyses of consumption spaces, Mallparks examines how the designers of this generation of baseball stadiums follow the principles of theme park and shopping mall design to create highly effective and efficient consumption sites.

In his exploration of these contemporary cathedrals of sport and consumption, Friedman discusses the history of stadium design, the amenities and aesthetics of stadium spaces, and the intentions and conceptions of architects, team officials, and civic leaders. He grounds his analysis in case studies of Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore; Fenway Park in Boston; Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles; Nationals Park in Washington, DC; Target Field in Minneapolis; and Truist Park in Atlanta.

Michael T. Friedman is a Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, College Park. His work has been published in journals such as City, Culture, and Society; Sociology of Sport Journal; Journal of Urban Affairs; and Economic Development Quarterly.

Cathedrals OF Consumption

1. Leading Off

2. Producing Consumption Space

The Spatial Practices of Baseball Stadiums

3. Grounds, Ballparks, and Superstadiums

4. The Spatial Practices of the Mallpark

Conceiving Mallparks

5. Camden Yards: Forever Changing Baseball

6. Fenway Park and Dodger Stadium: The Camdenization of a Ballpark and a Superstadium

7. Nationals Park: A Mallpark of Magnificent Intentions

8. Target Field: Different in the Same Way

The Future of Baseball Stadium Design

9. Truist Park: Supercharging the Mallpark

10. Making Baseball Great Again

Erscheinungsdatum	07.06.2023
Zusatzinfo	19 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Ithaca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	907 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-5017-6929-4 / 1501769294
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-6929-0 / 9781501769290
Zustand	Neuware