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Look closer : suburban narratives and American values in film and television /
This book examines contemporary media texts that use American suburbia not just as a setting, but as a central component of narrative and thematic development. It discusses the myth of suburban perfection popularized by postwar sitcoms and advertisements and explores how the directors and producers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines contemporary media texts that use American suburbia not just as a setting, but as a central component of narrative and thematic development. It discusses the myth of suburban perfection popularized by postwar sitcoms and advertisements and explores how the directors and producers behind films and television series use the spaces of suburbia to tell stories about America, as well as to critique the conservative ideologies that underpin the suburban American Dream. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461952053 1461952050 1306129540 9781306129541 9780813562094 0813562090 |