Look Closer : Suburban Narratives and American Values in Film and Television /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coon, David R., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stadtleben > Motiv
Fernsehserie
Vorstadt > Motiv
Film
Suburban life on television.
Suburban life in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Vie de la banlieue à la television.
Vie de la banlieue au cinema.
United States.
United States > On television.
United States > In motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813562094

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