Look Closer: Suburban Narratives and American Values in Film and Television - Rilegato

Coon, David R.

 
9780813562087: Look Closer: Suburban Narratives and American Values in Film and Television
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ISBN 10: 0813562082 ISBN 13: 9780813562087
Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2013

Sinossi

In recent years, the media landscape in the United States has followed a pattern similar to that of the physical landscape by becoming increasingly suburbanized. Although it is a far cry from reality, the fantasy of a perfect suburban life still exists in the collective imagination of millions of Americans. This dream of suburban perfection is built around a variety of such ideologically conservative values and ideals as the importance of tradition, the centrality of the nuclear family, the desire for a community of like-minded neighbors, the need for clearly defined gender roles, and the belief that with hard work and determination, anyone can succeed.

Building on the relationships between suburban life and American identity, Look Closer examines and interprets recent narratives that challenge the suburban ideal to reveal how directors and producers are mobilizing the spaces of suburbia to tell new kinds of stories about America. David R. Coon argues that the myth of suburban perfection, popularized by postwar sitcoms and advertisements, continues to symbolize a range of intensely debated issues related to tradition, family, gender, race, and citizenship. Through close examinations of such films as American Beauty, The Truman Show, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith as well as such television series as Desperate Housewives, Weeds, and Big Love, the book demonstrates how suburbia is used to critique the ideologies that underpin the suburban American Dream.

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Informazioni sugli autori

DAVID R. COON is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.



DAVID R. COON is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.

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Editore
Rutgers Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0813562082
ISBN 13 
9780813562087
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
269
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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9780813562070: Look Closer: Suburban Narratives and American Values in Film and Television

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ISBN 10:  0813562074 ISBN 13:  9780813562070
Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2013
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