Ruin porn and the obsession with decay. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Siobhan Lyons.
• Editors: Lyons, Siobhán
• Contents: 1. Ruin Porn and the Anthropocene (Siobhan Lyons) Part I. American Ruin 2. Detroit Was Always Made of Wheels: Confronting Ruin Porn in its Hometown (Kate Wells) 3. Gods and Monsters: A Solastalgic Examination of Detroit's Ruins and Representation (Christopher T. Gullen) 4. The Bronx Isn't Burning, Is It?: Ruin Porn and Contemporary Perceptions of The Bronx (Joseph Donica) Part II. Photographic Ruin 5. 'Take Nothing but Photos, Leave Nothing but Footprints': How-to Guides for Ruin Photography (Susan A. Crane) 6. Where the (Moving) Sidewalk Ends: Images of Wasted Americana in the Preapocalyptic World (Amanda Firestone, Stephen Crompton and Corey George) 7. Picturing Ruin in the American Rustbelt: Andrew Borowiec's Cleveland: The Flats, the Mill, and the Hills (2008) (Susann Köhler) Part III. Alternative Ruinscapes 8. Diachronic Fetishisation: Ruin Porn and Pitcairn Island Language, Archaeology, and Architecture (Joshua Nash and Martin Gibbs) 9. No Vacancy: History and Meaning of Contemporary Ruins in a Regional Australian City (Nancy Cushing, Michael Kilmister, and Nathan Scott) Part IV. Virtual and Mediated Ruin 10. Immersive Ruin: Chernobyl and Virtual Decay (Michelle Bentley) 11. More than Ruins: (Post-)Apocalyptic Places in Film (Felix Kirschbacher) 12. 'This is not ruin tourism': Social Media and the Quest for Authenticity in Urban Exploration (André Jansson).
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 307.76; Abandoned buildings; Ghost towns
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319933900
• Related ISBNs: 9783319933894
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