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010 _a 2020006277
020 _a9781421439549 (hbk : alk. paper)
020 _a1421439549 (hbk : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)1198088277
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cDLC
042 _apcc
043 _an-us---
050 _aHT352.U5
_bR55 2020
100 1 _aRiismandel, Kyle,
_d1978-
245 1 0 _aNeighborhood of fear :
_bthe suburban crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001 /
_cKyle Riismandel.
246 1 0 _aSuburban crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001
260 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_cc2020.
300 _axii, 240 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAge of the NIMBY : environmental hazard and spatial power on the suburban landscape -- The neighborhood of fear : toxic suburbia, affective practice, and the invisible prison -- "Fear stalks the streets" : home security, kidnapping, and the making of the carceral suburb -- Punks, mallrats, and out-of-control teenagers : production and regulation of suburban public space -- Parental advisory -- explicit content : popular culture and (re)possessing the suburban home.
520 _a"This is a work of American history and cultural studies in which the author examines how Americans imagined and regulated suburban space in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Beginning in the 1970s, rising crime, environmental threats, and conflicts over the use of public space made suburbanites feel threatened. And the technologies of cable television, VCRs, and video games brought representations of these threats into suburban homes. The author interprets how suburbanites responded to these perceived threats through a strategy of "productive victimization" to protect their communities"--
650 4 _aSuburbs
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 4 _aSuburban life
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 4 _aSuburbanites
_xPolitical activity
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aSuburbs
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aFear
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aPrivilege (Social psychology)
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aSocial values
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
651 4 _aUnited States
_xCivilization
_y20th century.
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_cBK
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