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Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture
Eileen Luhr
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Description for Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture
Paperback. Presents a cultural analysis of the conservative shift in national politics that transformed the United States during the Reagan-Bush era. This work focuses on two fundamental aspects of this shift: the suburbanization of evangelicalism and the rise of Christian popular culture, especially popular music. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
"Witnessing Suburbia" is a lively cultural analysis of the conservative shift in national politics that transformed the United States during the Reagan-Bush era. Eileen Luhr focuses on two fundamental aspects of this shift: the suburbanization of evangelicalism and the rise of Christian popular culture, especially popular music. Taking us from the Jesus Freaks of the late 1960s to Christian heavy metal music to Christian rock festivals and beyond, she shows how evangelicals succeeded in 'witnessing' to America's suburbs in a consumer idiom. Luhr argues that the emergence of a politicized evangelical youth culture in fact ranks as one of the ... Read more
"Witnessing Suburbia" is a lively cultural analysis of the conservative shift in national politics that transformed the United States during the Reagan-Bush era. Eileen Luhr focuses on two fundamental aspects of this shift: the suburbanization of evangelicalism and the rise of Christian popular culture, especially popular music. Taking us from the Jesus Freaks of the late 1960s to Christian heavy metal music to Christian rock festivals and beyond, she shows how evangelicals succeeded in 'witnessing' to America's suburbs in a consumer idiom. Luhr argues that the emergence of a politicized evangelical youth culture in fact ranks as one of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520255968
SKU
V9780520255968
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About Eileen Luhr
Eileen Luhr is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at California State University, Long Beach.
Reviews for Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture
"A diligent and informative ... exploration of the ways mainstream evangelicals' attitudes toward popular culture have evolved in the past forty years."
Maud Newton Bookforum "Luhr's work fills a significant gap within histories of conservative Christianity and popular culture." Practical Matters "Describes a moment and a movement that has had tremendous influence in American life." Believer "Thoroughly researched and ... Read more
Maud Newton Bookforum "Luhr's work fills a significant gap within histories of conservative Christianity and popular culture." Practical Matters "Describes a moment and a movement that has had tremendous influence in American life." Believer "Thoroughly researched and ... Read more