The formation of identity in teenage mall microculture: A case study of teenagers in Czech malls

Abstract

This article introduces a research project that focused on teenagers and their leisure-time activities, concentrating especially on teenagers who spend the majority of their leisure time in shopping malls. The goal of the article is to reveal how such teenagers use the micro-space of the shopping mall, how they socialise, and how their social identities may be produced through different practices in the mall space.

Keywords

• formation
• identity
• teenage
• mall
• microculture
• case
• study
• teenagers
• Czech
• malls