Making suburbia : new histories of everyday America

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    • Archer, John
    • Sandul, Paul J. P.
    • Solomonson, Katherine
    • Crawford, Margaret

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Making suburbia : new histories of everyday America

John Archer, Paul J.P. Sandul, and Katherine Solomonson, editors ; afterword by Margaret Crawford

University of Minnesota Press, c2015

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内容説明

What are the suburbs? The popular vision of monotonous streets curving into culs-de-sac and emerald lawns unfurling from nearly identical houses would have us believe that suburbia is a boring, homogeneous, and alienating place. But this stereotypical portrayal of the suburbs tells us very little about the lives of the people who actually live there. Making Suburbia offers a diverse collection of essays that examine how the history and landscape of the American suburb is constructed through the everyday actions and experiences of its inhabitants. From home decor and garage rock to modernist shopping malls and holiday parades, contributors explore how suburbanites actively created the spaces of suburbia. The volume is divided into four parts, each of which addresses a distinct aspect of the ways in which suburbia is lived in and made. More than twenty essays range from Becky Nicolaides's chronicle of cross-racial alliances in Pasadena, to Jodi Rios's investigation of St. Louis residents' debates over public space and behavior, to Andrew Friedman's story of Cold War double agents who used the suburban milieu as a cover for their espionage. Presenting a wide variety of voices, Making Suburbia reveals that suburbs are a constantly evolving landscape for the articulation of American society and are ultimately defined not by planners but by their inhabitants. Contributors: Anna Vemer Andrzejewski, U of Wisconsin-Madison; Heather Bailey, History Colorado State Historical Fund; Gretchen Buggeln, Valparaiso U; Charity R. Carney, Western Governors U; Martin Dines, Kingston U London; Andrew Friedman, Haverford College; Beverly K. Grindstaff, San Jose State U; Dianne Harris, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ursula Lang, U of Minnesota; Matthew Gordon Lasner, Hunter College; Willow Lung-Amam, U of Maryland, College Park; Becky Nicolaides, U of California, Los Angeles; Trecia Pottinger, Oberlin College; Tim Retzloff, Michigan State U; Jodi Rios, U of California, Berkeley; Christopher Sellers, Stony Brook U; David Smiley, Columbia U; Stacie Taranto, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Steve Waksman, Smith College; Holley Wlodarczyk, U of Minnesota.

目次

Contents Introduction: Making, Performing, Living Suburbia John Archer, Paul J. P. Sandul, and Katherine Solomonson Part I. Mobilizing 1. The Social Fallout of Racial Politics: Civic Engagement in Suburban Pasadena, 1950-2000 Becky Nicolaides 2. Race, Planning, and Activism on Philadelphia's Main Line Trecia Pottinger 3. Defending "Women Who Stand by the Sink": Suburban Homemakers and Anti-ERA Activism in New York State Stacie Taranto 4. Gay Organizing in the "Desert of Suburbia" of Metropolitan Detroit Tim Retzloff 5. Ecological Preservation in Suburban Atlanta Christopher Sellers Part II. Representing 6. Metaburbia: The Evolving Suburb in Contemporary Fiction Martin Dines 7. Suburban Memory Works: Historical Representation and Meaning in Orangevale, California Paul J. P. Sandul 8. Does This Place Really Matter? The Preservation Debate in Denver's Postwar Suburbs Heather Bailey 9. Yards and Everyday Life in Minneapolis Ursula Lang 10. Suburban Rhetorics: Planning and Design for American Shopping, 1930-1960 David Smiley 11. This Old House of the Future: Remixing Progress and Nostalgia in Suburban Domestic Design Holley Wlodarczyk Part III. Gathering 12. Everyday Racialization: Contesting Space and Identity in Suburban St. Louis Jodi Rios 13. The Vibrant Life of Asian Malls in Silicon Valley Willow Lung-Amam 14. Spaces for Youth in Suburban Protestant Churches Gretchen Buggeln 15. Sanctifying the SUV: Megachurches, the Prosperity Gospel, and the Suburban Christian Charity R. Carney Part IV. Building 16. The Fabric of Spying: Double Agents and the Suburban Cold War Andrew Friedman 17. Selling Suburbia: Marshall Erdman's Marketing Strategies for Prefabricated Buildings in the Postwar United States Anna Vemer Andrzejewski 18. A Tiny Orchestra in the Living Room: Hi-Fidelity Sound, Stereo Systems, and the Postwar House Dianne Harris 19. Suburban Noise: Getting Inside Garage Rock Steve Waksman 20. The Complex: Social Difference and the Suburban Apartment in Postwar America Matthew Gordon Lasner 21. The Outdoor Kitchen and Twenty-first Century Domesticity Beverly K. Grindstaff Afterword Margaret Crawford Contributors Index

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