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. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
1 | 29 |
3 | 35 |
6 | 42 |
Calcutta to the fortifications at Budgebudge including Fort William | 48 |
HIDDEN HISTORIES | 55 |
1 | 66 |
6 | 72 |
standing before a mural entitled The Evolution of Dishes in | 147 |
7 | 155 |
THE PERILS OF DEMOCRACY | 161 |
THE DIFFUSION | 180 |
1 | 193 |
5 | 202 |
9 | 210 |
METAPHORS OF SUBURBAN | 217 |
9 | 74 |
14 | 81 |
WOMENS EXPERIENCES | 86 |
PERSPECTIVES ON | 108 |
82 | 123 |
SUBURBIA SOCIALITY AND MASS CONSUMPTION | 132 |
1 | 135 |
5 | 141 |
VERSIONS OF SUBURBIA | 240 |
THE SUBURBAN SENSIBILITY IN BRITISH ROCK AND POP | 269 |
THE WORST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS? | 280 |
1 | 281 |
BOMBS AWAY IN FRONTLINE SUBURBIA | 298 |
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