Title Beautiful terrible ruins : Detroit and the anxiety of decline / Dora Apel.

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New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015.

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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Summary	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 author shows how, through the aesthetic distancing of representation, the beauty and fascination of these images helps us to cope with the overarching anxieties of our time.
Language	English.
Subject	Detroit (Mich.) -- In art.
	Arts and society -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
	Arts and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Regression (Civilization) in art.
	Ruins in art.
	ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
	PERFORMING ARTS -- Film& Video -- History & Criticism.
	Arts and society. (OCoLC)fst00817856
	Regression (Civilization) in art. (OCoLC)fst01093264
	Ruins in art. (OCoLC)fst01101205
	Michigan -- Detroit. (OCoLC)fst01205010
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-2099
Genre/Form	Art. (OCoLC)fst01423702
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Apel, Dora, 1952- Beautiful terrible ruins. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015 (DLC) 2014040073
ISBN	9780813574097 (electronic bk.)
	0813574099 (electronic bk.)

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