El mall: the spatial and class politics of shopping malls in Latin America

Introduction : on shopping malls and the "new middle classes"

The immateriality of the mall : financial regimes, urban policies, and the "Latin American boom"

The globalization of retail and the rise of shopping mall "professionals"

Retail wars : on the politics of space and informal work

Inside the class-stratified mall

Cachacos and levantados : on the politics of "measuring up"

Shopping mall fashionistas

Conclusion : shopping malls and the fight for public space.