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Urban America has been consistently depicted as a site of moral decay and uncontrollable violence, held in stark contrast to the allegedly moral, orderly suburbs and exurbs. Steve Macek documents the scope of these alarmist representations of the city, examines the ideologies th…
Steve Macek provides a hard-hitting look at the role of right-wing ideologues and the mass media in demonising urban America.
In Urban Nightmares, Steve Macek documents the scope of alarmist representations of the city, examines the ideologies that informed them, and exposes the interests they ultimately served. Macek explains how Hollywood filmmakers, advertisers, and journalists validated the right-w…