Readings for today:
- Douglas Muzzio and Thomas Halper, "Pleasantville? : The Suburb and Its Representation in American Movies," Urban Affairs, Vol. 37, No. 4 (2002): 543-574.
- Kenneth T. Jackson, excerpt from Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States (Oxford University Press: 1985), in The Suburb Reader, edited by Becky M. Nicolaides and Andrew Wiese (Routledge: 2006), pp. 26-33.
- PAPER DUE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 14th (I'm giving you an extra class period to turn it in).
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Owens' Suburbia
- An essay on Bill Owens' Suburbia.
- FILM: Revolutionary Road (excerpt)
- Elizabeth Fraterrigo, “The Answer to Suburbia: Playboy's Urban Lifestyle” Journal of Urban History, Vol. 34 No. 5 (July 2008): 747-774.
- In the Suburbs (1957). Short promotion film produced by Redbook Magazine.
- Our Home Town: Levittown, PA (1954). Advertising film for the planned communities built by William Levitt & Sons.
- An essay on Bill Owens' Suburbia.
- "Wes Winship and the Suburbs" (an essay on the Arcade Fire's album, The Suburbs).
