Sunday, December 18, 2005
Suburban McMansionist Perspective
I find this whole Enchantment concept very interesting... Suburban homes became idealized settings for family life and suburbia became the locus of relentless aspiration and restless consumption (Brooks 2004)
Full Article Here
This commentary interprets the development of upscale American suburbs in terms of the changing political economy associated with distinctive phases of political-economic develop-ment.
The current outcome, it is suggested, is “Vulgaria:” the emblematic cultural landscapes of contemporary American suburbia. They are landscapes of bigness and spectacle, character-ized by packaged developments, simulated settings, and conspicuous consumption, and they have naturalized an ideology of competitive consumption, moral minimalism, and disengage-ment from notions of social justice and civil society.
Full Article Here
This commentary interprets the development of upscale American suburbs in terms of the changing political economy associated with distinctive phases of political-economic develop-ment.
The current outcome, it is suggested, is “Vulgaria:” the emblematic cultural landscapes of contemporary American suburbia. They are landscapes of bigness and spectacle, character-ized by packaged developments, simulated settings, and conspicuous consumption, and they have naturalized an ideology of competitive consumption, moral minimalism, and disengage-ment from notions of social justice and civil society.
