Visions of Suburbia
Edited by
Roger Silverstone
VISIONS
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CONTENTS
List
effigures
vii
Preface and acknowledgements
ix
Notes on contributors
xi
INTRODUCTION
Roger Silverstone
COLONIAL SUBURBS IN SOUTH ASIA, 1700-1850, AND THE
SPACES OF MODERNITY
26
John Archer
2 EXCAVATING THE MULTICULTURAL SUBURB: HIDDEN HISTORIES
OF THE BUNGALOW
55
Anthony D. King
3 A STAKE IN THE COUNTRY: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF
SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT
86
Deborah Chambers
4
THE SUBURBAN WEEKEND: PERSPECTIVES ON A
VANISHING TWENTIETH-CENTURY DREAM
108
Gary Cross
5 TUPPERWARE: SUBURBIA, SOCIALITY AND MASS CONSUMPTION
132
Alison J Clarke
6
DEEP SUBURBAN IRONY: THE PERILS OF DEMOCRACY IN
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK
161
Nancy G_ Duncan and James S_ Duncan
7 THE SEXUALIZATION OF SUBURBIA: THE DIFFUSION OF
KNOWLEDGE IN THE POSTMODERN PUBLIC SPHERE
180
John Hartley
8 ,_FROM THEATRE TO SPACE SHIP: METAPHORS OF SUBURBAN
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DOMESTICITY IN POSTWAR AMERICA
Lynn Spigel
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217
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NEGOTIATING-THE GNOME ZONE: VERSIONS OF SUBURBIA IN
BRITISH POPULAR CULTURE
Andy Medhurst
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THE SUBURBAN SENSIBILITY IN BRITISH ROCK AND POP
269
Simon Frith
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THE WORST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS?
280
Vicky Lebeau
POSTCRIPT: BOMBS AWAY IN FRONT-LINE SUBURBIA
298
Homi Bhabha
Index
304
ISBN 0-415-10716-4
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