The Suburban Nightmare

The Suburban Nightmare

Author: Joseph Lally

Publisher:

Published: 2016-01-29

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781523743773

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A man meets a mysterious woman in the woods of Rabbit Pond and his life is changed forever.


Suburban Nightmares

Suburban Nightmares

Author: Michael Cherkas

Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781561631667

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The fifties - a time of mindless happiness masking fear. Fear of the bomb, fear of commies, fear of dandelions.


Suburban Nightmare

Suburban Nightmare

Author: Emily Webb

Publisher: Echo Publishing

Published: 2016-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781760402327

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An afternoon of random violence by a medical student armed with a shovel; the case of 18-year-old Annette Morgan, murdered in the grounds of Sydney University and still unsolved; the sad tale of 60 animals slaughtered at the Adelaide Zoo by two 18-year-olds on a murderous rampage. One of Australia's best young true crime writers, Emily Webb probes the black underbelly of our towns and suburbs and exposes the darkness at the heart of Australian life. Impossible to put down true crime stories of murder and mayhem. The third book by best-selling journalist and author Emily Webb. Explores the darkness at the core of Australia's quiet and safe suburbs.


Suburban Nightmares

Suburban Nightmares

Author: Larry Hancock

Publisher: Comics Lit

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 9780918348807

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The fifties - a time of mindless happiness masking fear. Fear of the bomb, fear of commies, fear of dandelions.


American Dreams, Suburban Nightmares: Suburbia as a Narrative Space between Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary American Cinema

American Dreams, Suburban Nightmares: Suburbia as a Narrative Space between Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary American Cinema

Author: Melanie Smicek

Publisher: diplom.de

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 3954898217

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The suburban landscape is inseparable from American culture. Suburbia does not only relate to the geographical concept, but also describes a cultural space incorporating people’s hopes for a safe and prosperous life. Suburbia marks a dynamic ideological space constantly influenced and recreated by both the events of everyday life and artistic discourse. Fictional texts do not merely represent suburbia, but also have a decisive role in the shaping of suburban spaces. The widely held idealized image of suburbia evolved in the 1950s. Today, reality deviates from the concept of suburbs projected back then, due to e.g. high divorce rates and an increase of crime. Nevertheless, the nostalgic view of the suburbs as the “Promised Land" has survived. Postwar critics object to this perception, considering the suburbs rather as depressing landscapes of mass-consumption, conformity and alienation. This book exemplifies the dualistic representation of suburbs in contemporary American cinema by analyzing Pleasantville, The Truman Show and American Beauty. It examines how utopian concepts of suburbia are created culturally and psychologically in the films, and how the underlying anxieties of the suburban experience, visualized by the dystopian narratives, challenge this ideal.


The Suburban Nightmare

The Suburban Nightmare

Author: Ericka Sobrack

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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In this thesis body of work, I focus on the implied human presence through the lack of actual human figures. I believe there is more to say in a landscape with the absence of the figure, allowing the dialogue to be read and interpreted by a larger audience. I am particularly satisfied with White Knuckles, shown in figure 3, because I collide reason with imagination, thus contradicting the context and interpretation of the subject matter. In White Knuckles, I deal with formal elements such as composition, atmosphere, lightness and darkness as well as nuances of color. I have also considered the emotive impact the painting could reflect to the viewer, specifically feelings of tension and unease. The placement of the viewer outside the picture plane was carefully considered to suggest the audience is a participant in the suggested narrative. I often strive to create an ambiguous moment, reflecting feelings of uncertainty and apprehension. Like White Knuckles, my body of work employs unexpected narratives to reveal some of the uncomfortable truths of our human experience. I am interested in exploring the relationship between the mundane and the abnormal in the paintings, a feeling that could be described as a "suburban nightmare."


Suburban Hell

Suburban Hell

Author: Maureen Kilmer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-08-30

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0593422384

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A Chicago cul-de-sac is about to get a new neighbor...of the demonic kind. Amy Foster considers herself lucky. After she left the city and moved to the suburbs, she found her place quickly with neighbors Liz, Jess, and Melissa, snarking together from the outskirts of the PTA crowd. One night during their monthly wine get-together, the crew concoct a plan for a clubhouse She Shed in Liz’s backyard—a space for just them, no spouses or kids allowed. But the night after they christen the She Shed, things start to feel . . . off. They didn’t expect Liz’s little home-improvement project to release a demonic force that turns their quiet enclave into something out of a nightmare. And that’s before the homeowners’ association gets wind of it. Even the calmest moms can’t justify the strange burn marks, self-moving dolls, and horrible smells surrounding their possessed friend, Liz. Together, Amy, Jess, and Melissa must fight the evil spirit to save Liz and the neighborhood . . . before the suburbs go completely to hell.


Bourgeois Nightmares

Bourgeois Nightmares

Author: Robert M. Fogelson

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2005-10-10

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0300126999

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The quintessential American suburbs, with their gracious single-family homes, large green lawns, and leaf-shaded streets, reflected not only residents’ dreams but nightmares, not only hopes but fears: fear of others, of racial minorities and lowincome groups, fear of themselves, fear of the market, and, above all, fear of change. These fears, and the restrictive covenants that embodied them, are the subject of Robert M. Fogelson’s fascinating new book. As Fogelson reveals, suburban subdividers attempted to cope with the deep-seated fears of unwanted change, especially the encroachment of “undesirable” people and activities, by imposing a wide range of restrictions on the lots. These restrictions ranged from mandating minimum costs and architectural styles for the houses to forbidding the owners to sell or lease their property to any member of a host of racial, ethnic, and religious groups. These restrictions, many of which are still commonly employed, tell us as much about the complexities of American society today as about its complexities a century ago.


Mistakes Were Made

Mistakes Were Made

Author: Erika Trahan

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08-06

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9781718063723

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Nicolina, Shelby, and Rachel are best friends. They would do anything for each other. Rachel takes charge in a sticky situation, but does she make the right choices? Or will mistakes be made?