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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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Apel, Dora, 1952- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press 2015.
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt15sk7vm
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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.