02448cam a2200385 i 4500 on1198088277 OCoLC ta 210311s2020 mdua b 001 0 eng d 2020006277 9781421439549 (hbk : alk. paper) 1421439549 (hbk : alk. paper) (OCoLC)1198088277 DLC eng DLC pcc n-us--- HT352.U5 R55 2020 Riismandel, Kyle, 1978- Neighborhood of fear : the suburban crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001 / Kyle Riismandel. Suburban crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001 Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2020. xii, 240 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Age of the NIMBY : environmental hazard and spatial power on the suburban landscape -- The neighborhood of fear : toxic suburbia, affective practice, and the invisible prison -- "Fear stalks the streets" : home security, kidnapping, and the making of the carceral suburb -- Punks, mallrats, and out-of-control teenagers : production and regulation of suburban public space -- Parental advisory -- explicit content : popular culture and (re)possessing the suburban home. "This is a work of American history and cultural studies in which the author examines how Americans imagined and regulated suburban space in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Beginning in the 1970s, rising crime, environmental threats, and conflicts over the use of public space made suburbanites feel threatened. And the technologies of cable television, VCRs, and video games brought representations of these threats into suburban homes. The author interprets how suburbanites responded to these perceived threats through a strategy of "productive victimization" to protect their communities"-- Suburbs United States History 20th century. Suburban life United States History 20th century. Suburbanites Political activity United States. Suburbs Environmental aspects United States. Fear Political aspects United States. Privilege (Social psychology) United States. Social values Political aspects United States. United States Civilization 20th century. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 HT352.U5 R55 2020 PNLIB21060806 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 992 992