GEOG 3 1st EditionLecture 9Outline of Last Lecture I. HerbertII. DuneierIII. SchweikOutline of Current Lecture IV. RecapV. Discuss suburbs and SzaszVI. Midterm Q&ACurrent LectureDynamics of inclusion and exclusion in urban and suburban spaces- You are where you live- Every representation has a politicso Politics of representation- How we tell a story about a place, how we present the issues and the needs of the community has implications for how we understand what can happen….- Who has the right to the city?- What should cities look like?- What do people do if they don’t like the class extremes, density, and diversity of cities? Suburbs:- gated communities, green lawns, Desperate Housewives, heterosexual family, swimming pools, soccer games, dad working on the house on Saturday- By 2000, 50% of Americans lived in suburbs- The fact that so many Americans live a suburban life is the end product of a succession of choices over many, many years- The rise of suburbia was linked to ideas about class, race, gender, changes in US political culture and the role of the state, shifts in ideas about success, opportunities for social mobility, and the construction of US culture itself. - Sub-urb:o 19th C. What was going on in the cities? Large wave of immigration to the US Houses known as dirty and infectious havens1. Development/expansion of new bourgeois class with growing capitalist economies and, along with it, new markers of class identity.2. Emergence of a romantic view of nature as a source of benign, human enrichment. a. At first, nature was very threatening but then there was a romantic vision of nature, something that elevates our spirit and enlightens us. 3. Redefinition of family and gender roles…a. Cult of domesticity: men’s and women’s fears should be separated4. New technologies such as commuter trains and, later, cars.a. Businessmen and professionals are now able to move around and leave their families in their homes and they are the ones who have to commute.5. New ideologies that emphasize the self…- 50’s: Blacks and colored people could not try to buy a house.o This is why there is a trend of white people moving upo Levittown: Built for the returning soldiers, they built row after row of houses.  Becomes symbol of the American Dream and developmento Federally subsidized project: KaiservilleSzasz:-Inverted quarantine: Quarantine is a public health measure that society has used for 100’s of years to contain the spread of an infectious disease- The idea that the whole environment is toxic-it can make us sick. Danger is everywhere, so the only way…- Individualistic strategy for protecting oneself from perceived dangers by isolating oneself, erecting some kind of barrier or enclosure and withdrawing behind it.o Ex. Bottled water, organic food- We pay less attention to what we can do as a community to help everyone be better off.- The suburban ideal became the American dream during the 1950’s. o A house in the suburbs was not just a home; it was the symbol…o Embodied through television as well Ex. The Brady Bunch, Leave it to Beaver, etc. o Developers build new houses in the suburbs and they ignore housing stock in thecityo As manufacturing and retail commerce moved to suburbs, the inner city lost jobs and their tax baseo Federal money goes into building highways and roads out of the city, and urban public transit is left to deteriorateo Urban centers are left to deteriorateo Income determined both by ones ability to leave the city and the specific place inthe suburb where one would wind upo Suburbanization sorted citizens not only by income but also by race and