Liminal Space and Critical Consumption:An Analysis of the Spatial Attributes,Consumption Behavior and Business Path of Urban Bookstores
In recent years,when scholars generally use public space as a path to interpret bookstore space,the particularity of its spatial attributes has been obscured.In fact,bookstores are no longer just a terminal for selling books,nor a pure public space,but have evolved into a threshold space that combines spiritual consumption with material consumption,individual consumption and collective consumption.It is both the expression of group will and individual consumption behavior.The place is also a non-public,non-private,critical enclave;it not only has the productivity of the inner space,but also promotes the surrounding business forms through positive externalities in the form of comfort objects.This paper attempts to re-examine the spatial attributes and consumption significance of bookstores from the perspective of consumer science,and then explores the future path of urban bookstores from two levels of theory and practice.