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Domestic fortress : fear and the new home front /

Using a rich range of sources from cutting-edge research to media accounts, Domestic Fortress considers the fantasies and realities of dangers to the contemporary home and its inhabitants and details the extreme measures now used in the pursuit of total safety.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Atkinson, Rowland (Autor), Blandy, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Using a rich range of sources from cutting-edge research to media accounts, Domestic Fortress considers the fantasies and realities of dangers to the contemporary home and its inhabitants and details the extreme measures now used in the pursuit of total safety.
Notas:Introduction 1. Domestic economy 2. A shell for the body and mind 3. Invasions of privacy 4. Fear, crime and the home 5. Technologies of the defended home 6. Withdraw, defend or destroy 7. The fortress archipelago 8. Complexes of the domestic fortress Index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9781526108173
1526108178
9781526108166
152610816X