Ruin Porn and the Obsession with Decay
This collection is the first book to comprehensively analyse the relatively new and under-researched phenomenon of 'ruin porn'. Featuring a diverse collection of chapters, the authors in this work examine the relevance of contemporary ruin and its relationship to photography, media, archit...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Ruin Porn and the Anthropocene (Siobhan Lyons)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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).
