TY - BOOK ID - 2920394 TI - SuburbiaNation : reading suburban landscape in twentieth-century American fiction and film PY - 2004 SN - 1403963401 1403963673 PB - Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Banlieues dans la littérature KW - Banlieues dans le cinéma KW - Landscape in literature KW - Landscape in motion pictures KW - Landscapes in literature KW - Landschap in de film KW - Landschap in de literatuur KW - Landschappen in de literatuur KW - Leven in de voorsteden in de literatuur KW - Paysage dans la littérature KW - Paysage dans le cinéma KW - Paysages dans la littérature KW - Suburban life in literature KW - Suburbs in literature KW - Suburbs in motion pictures KW - Vie de la banlieue dans la littérature KW - Voorsteden in de film KW - Voorsteden in de literatuur KW - American fiction KW - Landscape in literature. KW - Landscape in motion pictures. KW - Landscapes in literature. KW - Landscapes in motion pictures. KW - Motion pictures KW - Suburban life in literature. KW - Suburbs in literature. KW - Suburbs in motion pictures. KW - History and criticism. KW - History. KW - Landscapes in motion pictures KW - History and criticism KW - History KW - 20th century KW - United States KW - CINEMA AMERICAIN KW - ROMAN AMERICAIN KW - VIE EN BANLIEUE DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - PAYSAGES DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - PAYSAGES AU CINEMA KW - BANLIEUES DANS LES MEDIAS KW - BANLIEUES DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE KW - 20E SIECLE UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2920394 AB - Green lawns, swimming pools, backyard barbecues: welcome to suburbia, the promised land of the American middle class. Or is it? To judge by the depiction of suburbia in prominent works of American fiction and film, the suburbs are also home to dysfunctional families, broken communities, and widespread misery. Clearly, despite the continued popularity of the suburbs as a place to live, the prevailing image of suburbia has changed markedly since the days of 'Leave It to Beaver' and 'Father Knows Best'. In this book, Robert Beuka argues that in order to begin to understand our conflicted relationship toward the suburbs, we need to understand how suburbia has come to be defined through its representation in the popular media and arts. SuburbiaNation looks carefully at the suburban landscape through the lens of fiction and of film, and Beuka weaves together such classics as 'It's a Wonderful Life', 'The Stepford Wives', 'The Great Gatsby', 'The Swimmer', 'The Graduate', and 'House Party' to discuss the suburb and its significance in American culture. ER -