Beautiful terrible ruins : Detroit and the anxiety of decline /
Detroit is the epicenter of an explosive growth in images of urban decay. In Beautiful Terrible Ruins, art historian Dora Apel explores a wide array of these images of ruin, ranging from photography, advertising, and television, to documentaries, video games, and zombie and disaster films. The autho...
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press
2015.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt15sk7vm |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Modernity in Ruins
- Ruin Terrors and Pleasures
- Fear and Longing in Detroit
- Urban Exploration: Beauty in Decay
- Detroit Ruin Images: Where Are the People?
- Looking for Signs of Resurrection
- Surviving in the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape
- Conclusion: Your Town Tomorrow.