Between dream houses and "God's own junkyard"
Subtitle: architecture and the built environment in American suburban fiction
By: Stefanie Strebel
Series: Schweizer anglistische Arbeiten -- Band 148; Schweizer anglistische Arbeiten -- Bd. 148.
Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9783772087516; 9783772057519; 9783772001468
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Architecture in literature; Symbolism in architecture; American fiction; Themes, motives; History and criticism
Other titles: Architecture and the built environment in American suburban fiction
Notes: Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Zürich, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228).
Table of contents: title: The rise and fall of suburbia: history, popular culture and architecture. Suburbia in the roaring twenties: anti-urban biases and the shaping of suburban identities ; From house in the country to box on a slab: the rampant suburban expansion after World War II ; Suburbia after Levittown: architectural diversification and the rise of the gated community ; The post-suburban state: sprawling architectural landscapes; title: What remains of the suburban dream; title: Works cited.