PLEASANTVILLE? The suburb and its representation in American movies

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 543-574

  Muzzio, Douglas ^a   Halper, Thomas ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA INDUSTRY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036179695     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10780870222185469     Document Type: Article

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