The Resource The sprawl : reconsidering the weird American suburbs, Jason Diamond
The sprawl : reconsidering the weird American suburbs, Jason Diamond
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 238 pages
- Contents
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- We were promised hoverboards
- If you build it, he will come
- Not allowed
- Life on Mars
- Monsters, mad men, and the mundane
- What's reality, anyway?
- Mousepacks
- In the garage
- Mondo-condo-shopping-mall-hell
- The battle for the soul of Nod Road
- Go back to the suburbs
- Isbn
- 9781566895828
- Label
- The sprawl : reconsidering the weird American suburbs
- Title
- The sprawl
- Title remainder
- reconsidering the weird American suburbs
- Statement of responsibility
- Jason Diamond
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Diamond, Jason
- Dewey number
- 307.740973
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Suburban life
- Suburbs
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The sprawl : reconsidering the weird American suburbs, Jason Diamond
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- We were promised hoverboards -- If you build it, he will come -- Not allowed -- Life on Mars -- Monsters, mad men, and the mundane -- What's reality, anyway? -- Mousepacks -- In the garage -- Mondo-condo-shopping-mall-hell -- The battle for the soul of Nod Road -- Go back to the suburbs
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 238 pages
- Isbn
- 9781566895828
- Lccn
- 2020015243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40030102720
- System control number
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- on1158503630
- 710272
- (OCoLC)1158503630
- Label
- The sprawl : reconsidering the weird American suburbs, Jason Diamond
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- We were promised hoverboards -- If you build it, he will come -- Not allowed -- Life on Mars -- Monsters, mad men, and the mundane -- What's reality, anyway? -- Mousepacks -- In the garage -- Mondo-condo-shopping-mall-hell -- The battle for the soul of Nod Road -- Go back to the suburbs
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 238 pages
- Isbn
- 9781566895828
- Lccn
- 2020015243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40030102720
- System control number
-
- on1158503630
- 710272
- (OCoLC)1158503630
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