{"product_id":"home-screens-lorrie-palmer-9781350253940","title":"Home Screens: Public Housing in Global Film \u0026 Television","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow do film and television makers around the world depict public housing? Why is public housing so often chosen as the backdrop for drama, horror, social critique, rebellion, violence, artistic creativity, explorations of race relations and political intrigue?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Screens\u003c\/i\u003e answers these questions by examining the ways in which socialized housing projects around the world are represented on screen. The volume brings together a diverse group of interdisciplinary scholars, who explore documentary and fictional portrayals of the architecture of public housing, and the communities that inhabit it, ranging from the 1950s to the present. Examining international film and media texts such as \u003ci\u003eDie Architekten\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eSwagger\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eCooley High\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eMee-Pok Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eTreme\u003c\/i\u003e (2010-2013), \u003ci\u003eMamma Roma\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), \u003ci\u003eThe Pruitt-Igoe Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eBelow the Lion Rock\u003c\/i\u003e (1972-1976), essays within this book consider public and private attitudes toward socialised housing, explaining how onscreen representations shape perceptions of these ubiquitous, often-stigmatized urban locations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorrie Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350253944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350253940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62d","brand":"Lorrie Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444558541055,"sku":"9781350253940","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88db8b16-ff9c-4027-b041-b3b089e4458d.jpg?v=1777213073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/home-screens-lorrie-palmer-9781350253940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}