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UNINA9910786555403321 |
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Vermeulen Timotheus |
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Titolo |
Scenes from the suburbs : the suburb in contemporary US film and television / / Timotheus Vermeulen |
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Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-0090-6 |
0-7486-9167-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Suburban life in motion pictures |
Suburban life on television |
Suburbs in motion pictures |
Suburban life - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Scenes from the Suburbs; CHAPTER 1 Pleasantville: The Suburb as World; CHAPTER 2 Happiness: The Suburb and Film Style; CHAPTER 3 The Simpsons and King of the Hill: The Suburb as Texture; CHAPTER 4 Desperate Housewives: The Suburb as Social Space; CHAPTER 5 Teen Noir: The Suburb as Lived Space; Conclusion: 'Upward, Yet Not Northward'; Bibliography; Filmography; Teleography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book looks again at the filmic and televised spaces we think we know so well. How are these spaces built up? What is it that makes us recognize them as suburbs? How do they function? Vermeulen usesDesperate Housewives, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Happiness, Pleasantville, Brick and Chumscrubber to explore these questions. |
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