Suburban dreams : imagining and building the good life /

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Starting with the premise that suburban films, residential neighborhoods, chain restaurants, malls, and megachurches are compelling forms (topos) that shape and materialize the everyday lives of residents and visitors, Greg Dickinson's Suburban Dreams offers a rhetorically attuned critical anal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dickinson, Greg (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Colección:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Temas:
Suburban life in popular culture > United States.
Suburbs > Social aspects > United States.
Suburban life > United States.
Vie de la banlieue dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Banlieues > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Vie de la banlieue > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Suburban life
Suburban life in popular culture
Suburbs > Social aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Starting with the premise that suburban films, residential neighborhoods, chain restaurants, malls, and megachurches are compelling forms (topos) that shape and materialize the everyday lives of residents and visitors, Greg Dickinson's Suburban Dreams offers a rhetorically attuned critical analysis of contemporary American suburbs and the "good life" their residents pursue. Dickinson's analysis suggests that the good life is rooted in memory and locality, both of which are foundations for creating a sense of safety central to the success of suburbs. His argument is situated first in a discussi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817388119
0817388117

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