CHAPTER 10 KITSCH ON THE FRINGE: SUBURBIA IN RECENT AUSTRALIAN COMEDY FILM

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION: SUBURBIA INSIDE OUT 1
5. CHAPTER 1 FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE MORRIS MINOR: AN ALTERNATIVE SUBURBAN HISTORY 15
6. CHAPTER 2 ‘THE NEW SUBURBANITES’ AND CONTESTED CLASS IDENTITIES IN THE LONDON SUBURBS, 1880–1900 31
7. CHAPTER 3 THE RIDDLE OF SUBURBIA: SUBURBAN FICTIONS AT THE VICTORIAN FIN DE SIÈCLE 51
8. CHAPTER 4 POISONED MINDS: SUBURBANITES IN POSTWAR BRITISH FICTION 71
9. CHAPTER 5 SUBURBAN VALUES AND ETHNI-CITIES IN INDO-ANGLIAN WRITING 91
10. CHAPTER 6 AN INCIDENT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: CRIME, CONTEMPORARY FICTION AND SUBURBIA 109
11. CHAPTER 7 BETWEEN SUBDIVISIONS AND SHOPPING MALLS: SIGNIFYING EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOUTH 125
12. CHAPTER 8 URBAN THRALL: RENEGOTIATING THE SUBURBAN SELF IN NICK HORNBY’S FEVER PITCH AND HIGH FIDELITY 141
13. CHAPTER 9 THE SOUND OF THE SUBURBS: THE IDEA OF THE SUBURB IN ENGLISH POP 161
14. CHAPTER 10 KITSCH ON THE FRINGE: SUBURBIA IN RECENT AUSTRALIAN COMEDY FILM 173
15. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 187
16. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 191
17. INDEX 193