On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia

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Huq, Rupa

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

208 Seiten

Englisch

Lawrence & Wisharterschienen am21.01.2013

This book presents a convincing case for the need to radically rethink the way we understand contemporary suburban life, in an analysis that ranges across gender, ethnicity, class, religion, lifestyle, consumerism, family life, gentrification, property relations, political representation, city life and globalisation.mehr

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KlappentextThis book presents a convincing case for the need to radically rethink the way we understand contemporary suburban life, in an analysis that ranges across gender, ethnicity, class, religion, lifestyle, consumerism, family life, gentrification, property relations, political representation, city life and globalisation.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-907103-72-8

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Lawrence & Wishart

Erscheinungsjahr2013

Erscheinungsdatum21.01.2013

Seiten208 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 141 mm, Höhe 216 mm, Dicke 20 mm

Gewicht254 g

Artikel-Nr.24239343

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GenrePhilosophie/Religion/Geisteswissenschaften

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Introduction 1. Re-situating suburbia 2. Suburbia at the polls: the periphery as political centre of gravity 3. Alt. Suburbia: citizenship on the periphery 4. Faith in the suburbs: identity, interaction, belonging and belief 5. Consuming suburbia 6. Extremism in the suburbs 7. Suburbia in an age of insecurity: hard times on the edge? Postscript: the grass on the other sidemehr