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Coon, David R., 1974-

Look closer suburban narratives and American values in film and television / [electronic resource] : David R. Coon. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (256 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: welcome to the neighborhood -- Traditional values: nostalgia and self-reflexivity in visual representations of suburbia -- Back yard fences: the public, the private, and the family in suburban dramas -- Suburban citizenship: defining community through the exclusion of racial and sexual minorities -- Desperate husbands: the crisis of hegemonic masculinity in post-9/11 suburbia -- Protecting the suburban lifestyle: consumption, crime, and the American dream -- Conclusion: there goes the neighborhood.

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Suburban life on television.
Suburban life in motion pictures.


United States--On television.
United States--In motion pictures.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.S74 / C66 2013

791.43/62