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Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture

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Contents\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nAcknowledgements ix\\\\r\\\\n1 Seeking Culture in a Cultural Void? The Relationship between\\\\r\\\\nSuburbia and Popular Culture 1\\\\r\\\\nCulture and representation 3\\\\r\\\\nThe suburban context 6\\\\r\\\\nSuburbia and shifting national norms 12\\\\r\\\\nStructure and omissions: Popular culture missing in action 19\\\\r\\\\nConclusion: New popular cultural paradigms 24\\\\r\\\\n2 Writing Suburbia: The Periphery in Novels 28\\\\r\\\\nPre-war antecedents: The narrative of English decline in\\\\r\\\\nComing Up for Air 30\\\\r\\\\nPost-war Americana 34\\\\r\\\\nSex and the suburbs 37\\\\r\\\\nMacabre suburbia 43\\\\r\\\\nConclusion: Suburbia in the post-millennial age and continuities\\\\r\\\\nwith the past 48\\\\r\\\\n3 The Sound of the Suburbs: Noise from Out of Nowhere? 55\\\\r\\\\nSuburban sensibilities in early popular music 56\\\\r\\\\nSuburban punk and post-punk 62\\\\r\\\\nThe 1990s and on: Hip hop, Britpop and beyond 71\\\\r\\\\nCommon themes and future directions in suburban pop 78\\\\r\\\\n4 Pastoral Paradises and Social Realism: Cinematic Representations\\\\r\\\\nof Suburban Complexity 83\\\\r\\\\nHistory and memory: Depictions of suburbia of and from the\\\\r\\\\n1950s and 1960s 85\\\\r\\\\nSocial realism: Slice of life depictions of British suburbia 88\\\\r\\\\nMinorities and the suburban feelgood film 92\\\\r\\\\nDysfunctioning suburbia and suburban alienation 95\\\\r\\\\nConclusion 103\\\\r\\\\n5 Suburbia on the Box 109\\\\r\\\\nNo laughing matter? Suburban sitcom 112\\\\r\\\\nIn a lather: Suburban soaps 117\\\\r\\\\nGenre-bending 119\\\\r\\\\nChanging depictions of ethnic suburbia 124\\\\r\\\\nConclusion 126\\\\r\\\\n6 Women on the Edge? Representations of the Post-War Suburban\\\\r\\\\nWoman in Popular Culture to the Present Day 133\\\\r\\\\nThe problem with no name: The post-war suburban housewife\\\\r\\\\nand classic portrayals 135\\\\r\\\\nRevolting moms 141\\\\r\\\\nNew formats and retreads 146\\\\r\\\\nDiscussion and conclusion 151\\\\r\\\\n7 Darkness on the Edge of Town: Mapping ‘Asian’ London in\\\\r\\\\nPopular Culture 160\\\\r\\\\nSituating London’s suburbia and the place of Asians within it 161\\\\r\\\\nOn-screen – Asians on television 165\\\\r\\\\nStranger than fiction 169\\\\r\\\\nNew directions in Asian fiction 174\\\\r\\\\nSuburban soundtrack case-study: Bhangra in Ilford 178\\\\r\\\\nOn-screen II – Asians on film 180\\\\r\\\\nDiscussion and conclusion 183\\\\r\\\\n8 Conclusion: Same As it Ever Was? 189\\\\r\\\\nBibliography 204\\\\r\\\\nIndex 223

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307.74 Rup m

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London : Bloomsbury Academic., 2013

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xi, 192 hlm. : 23,4 x 15,6 xm

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English

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978-1-7809-3259-0

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307.74

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Suburbs in popular culture
Suburbs--Social aspects
Suburban life

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