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 major achievements of "third wave" conservatism in the late twentieth century.
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"A diligent and informative . . . exploration of the ways mainstream evangelicals' attitudes toward popular culture have evolved in the past forty years."--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 well written, this book should interest scholars of 20th-century Christianity and popular culture. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice
"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 well written, this book should interest scholars of 20th-century Christianity and popular culture. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice
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"Down at the local God-mall there's a whole lot of shaking going on, and Eileen Luhr explains why we should all take notice. This is a highly original, witty, at times mind-boggling exploration of the strange interfaces between youth culture and suburban evangelicalism." --Mike Davis, author of In Praise of Barbarians
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Rewriting the Christian right.,
This review is from: Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture (Paperback)
Clear and insightful. This is THE book to read on conservatives and Christian appropriation of youth culture. This is a must read on the subject!
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