LEADER 03930nam 2200649 450 001 9910814935503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8135-6209-0 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813562094 035 $a(CKB)2550000001161111 035 $a(EBL)1562503 035 $a(OCoLC)863158192 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001040979 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11577153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040979 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11009457 035 $a(PQKB)10608042 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27705 035 $a(DE-B1597)528968 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813562094 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1562503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10802947 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL544205 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1562503 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001161111 100 $a20130329h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLook closer $esuburban narratives and American values in film and television /$fDavid R. Coon 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-6208-2 311 $a1-306-12954-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aSuburban life in motion pictures 606 $aSuburban life on television 607 $aUnited States$xIn motion pictures 607 $aUnited States$xOn television 615 0$aSuburban life in motion pictures. 615 0$aSuburban life on television. 676 $a791.43/62 686 $aAP 33283$2rvk 700 $aCoon$b David R.$f1974-$01699790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814935503321 996 $aLook closer$94082309 997 $aUNINA