Neighborhood of Fear The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001 by Kyle R...
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Neighborhood of Fear The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001 by Kyle Riismandel
epub | 14.21 MB | English | Isbn:B0851R6NPJ |
Author: Kyle Riismandel | PAge: 256 | Year: 2020
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The explosive growth of American suburbs following World War II promised not only a new place to live but a new way of life, one away from the crime and crowds of the city. Yet, by the 1970s, the expected security of suburban life gave way to a sense of endangerment. Perceived, and sometimes material, threats from burglars, kidnappers, mallrats, toxic waste, and even the occult challenged assumptions about safe streets, pristine parks, and the sanctity of the home itself. In Neighborhood of Fear, Kyle Riismandel examines how suburbanites responded to this crisis by attempting to take control of the landscape and reaffirm their cultural authority.
An increasing sense of criminal and environmental threats, Riismandel explains, coincided with the rise of cable television, VCRs, Dungeons & Dragons, and video games, rendering the suburban household susceptible to moral corruption and physical danger. Terrified in almost equal measure by heavy metal music, the Love Canal...
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