The sprawl : reconsidering the weird American suburbs / Jason Diamond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diamond, Jason, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suburban life--United States.

Suburban life.

United States.

Suburbs--United States.

Suburbs.

Physical Description:

xviii, 238 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2020.

Summary:

"For decades the suburbs have been where art happens "despite": despite the conformity, the emptiness, the sameness. The familiar story is one of gems formed under pressure, creative transcendence fueled by suburban resentment. But what if the suburb has actually been an incubator for distinctly American art, as positively and as surely as in any other cultural hothouse? Mixing personal experience, cultural reportage, and history while rejecting clichés and pieties, these essays stretch across the country in an effort to show that this uniquely American milieu deserves another look"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 We Were Promised Hoverboards

ch. 2 If You Build It, He Will Come

ch. 3 Not Allowed

ch. 4 Life on Mars

ch. 5 Monsters, Mad Men, and the Mundane

ch. 6 What's Reality, Anyway?

ch. 7 Mousepacks

ch. 8 In the Garage

ch. 9 Mondo-Condo-Shopping-Mall-Hell

ch. 10 The Battle for the Soul of Nod Road

ch. 11 Go Back to the Suburbs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Diamond, Jason. Sprawl

ISBN:

9781566895828

1566895820

OCLC:

1158503630