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David William Foster and
Jon Talton (foreword by)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc Pub
Publication date
April 17, 2013
Pages
201
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780786473649
ISBN-10
0786473649
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$45.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Part of the self-image of Phoenix is that the city has no history and that anything of importance happened yesterday. Also that Phoenix, the Arizona state capital, is a "clean" city (despite a past of police corruption and social oppression). The "real" Phoenix, easygoing, sun-drenched, a place of ever-expanding development and economic growth, guarantees, it is said, an enviable lifestyle, low taxes, and unfettered personal freedom and opportunity. Little of this is true. Phoenix has been described as one of the least sustainable cities in the country. This sixth largest urban area of the United States has an alarmingly superficial and tourism-oriented discourse among its leaders. This book examines a series of narrative works (novels, theater, chronicles, investigative reporting, personal accounts, editorial cartooning, even a children's television program) that question this discourse in a frequently stinging fashion. The works examined are anchored in a critical understanding of the dominant urban myths of Greater Phoenix, and an awareness of how all the newness, modernity and fun-in-the-sun mentality mask a uniquely dystopian human experience.
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from McFarland & Co Inc Pub (April 17, 2013)
9780786473649 | details & prices | 201 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $45.00
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