Once derided as cesspools of Reagan-era consumerist excess, the shopping mall somehow became an unlikely sort-of, quasi-public space that is now disappearing.

The following is an excerpt from the new book Declarations of Dependence: Money, Aesthetics, and the Politics of Care, […]

[Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on the KCET Departures website under its Intersections column on February 15, […]

[Editor’s note: This article first appeared on April 4, 2013 for the Intersections column at KCET Departures. Part […]