Visions of SuburbiaRoger Silverstone Psychology Press, 1997 - 313 עמודים Suburbia. Tupperware, television, bungalows and respectable front lawns. Always instantly recognisable though never entirely familiar. The tight semi-detached estates of thirties Britain and the infenced and functional tract housing of middle America. The elegant villas of Victorian London and the clapboard and brick of fifties Sydney. Architecture and landscapes may vary from one suburban scene to another, but the suburb is the embodiment of the same desire; to create for middle class middle cultures, middle spaces in middle America, Britain and Australia. Visions of Suburbia considers this emergent architectural space, this set of values and this way of life. The contributors address suburbia and the suburban from the point of view of its production, its consumption and its representation. Placing suburbia centre stage, each essay examines what it is that makes suburbia so distinctive and what it is that has made suburbia so central to contemporary culture. _ |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
1 COLONIAL SUBURBS IN SOUTH ASIA 17001850 AND THE SPACES OF MODERNITY | 26 |
HIDDEN HISTORIES OF THE BUNGALOW | 55 |
WOMENS EXPERIENCES OFSUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT | 86 |
PERSPECTIVES ON A VANISHING TWENTIETHCENTURY DREAM | 108 |
SUBURBIA SOCIALITY AND MASS CONSUMPTION | 132 |
THE PERILS OF DEMOCRACY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK | 161 |
THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE POSTMODERN PUBLIC SPHERE | 180 |
METAPHORS OF SUBURBAN DOMESTICITY IN POSTWAR AMERICA | 217 |
VERSIONS OF SUBURBIA IN BRITISH POPULAR CULTURE | 240 |
10 THE SUBURBAN SENSIBILITY IN BRITISH ROCK AND POP | 269 |
11 THE WORST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS? | 280 |
BOMBS AWAY IN FRONTLINE SUBURBIA | 298 |
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