Sprawl : Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs, Paperback by Diamond, Jaso...

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Item Height: 0.7 in Book Title: Sprawl Item Width: 5.5 in Language: English Format: Trade Paperback Publication Year: 2020 Author: Jason Diamond height: 0.7 in ISBN: 9781566895828 Genre: Literary Criticism, Art, Social Science, History Item Weight: 11.3 Oz Publisher: Coffee House Press width: 5.5 in Number of Pages: 256 Pages Item Length: 8.2 in Topic: Social History, Popular Culture, American / General

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Sprawl : Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs, Paperback by Diamond, Jaso.... Sprawl : Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs, Paperback by Diamond, Jason, ISBN 1566895820, ISBN-13 9781566895828, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "For decades the suburbs have been where art happens "despite": despite the conformity, the emptiness, the sameness. The familiar story is one of gems formed under pressure, creative transcendence fueled by suburban resentment. But what if the suburb hasactually been an incubator for distinctly American art, as positively and as surely as in any other cultural hothouse? Mixing personal experience, cultural reportage, and history while rejecting clichâes and pieties, these essays stretch across the country in an effort to show that this uniquely American milieu deserves another look"-- Sprawl : Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs, Paperback by Diamond, Jason, ISBN 1566895820, ISBN-13 9781566895828, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "For decades the suburbs have been where art happens "despite": despite the conformity, the emptiness, the sameness. The familiar story is one of gems formed under pressure, creative transcendence fueled by suburban resentment. But what if the suburb hasactually been an incubator for distinctly American art, as positively and as surely as in any other cultural hothouse? Mixing personal experience, cultural reportage, and history while rejecting clichâes and pieties, these essays stretch across the country in an effort to show that this uniquely American milieu deserves another look"--