Bibliograph

Beautiful terrible ruins, Detroit and the anxiety of decline, Dora Apel

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Beautiful terrible ruins, Detroit and the anxiety of decline, Dora Apel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beautiful terrible ruins

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

893557826

Responsibility statement

Dora Apel

Review

"Apel shows how Detroit has become pivotal to an expanding network of ruin imagery that speaks to the overarching anxieties of our era: increasing poverty, declining wages and social services, inadequate health care, unemployment, homelessness, and ecological disaster - in short, the failure of capitalism."

Sub title

Detroit and the anxiety of decline

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

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