Urban nightmares : the media, the Right, and the moral panic over the city / Steve Macek.

Author/creator Macek, Steve, 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxx, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction: A landscape of fear -- The origins of the crisis : race, class, and the inner city -- Inventing the savage urban other -- Catastrophe is now : the discourse on the underclass -- Crack alleys and killing zones : news coverage of the postindustrial city -- The cinema of suburban paranoia -- Wouldn't you rather be at home? : marketing middle-class agoraphobia -- Conclusion: Awakening from urban nightmares.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-350) and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes filmography: p. 351-353.
LCCN 2006004278
ISBN0816643601 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN081664361X (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816643608
ISBN9780816643615

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Joyner General Stacks HT123 .M14 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold