The Dead City: Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay

ISBN-13: 9781784537166 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str.

Paul Dobraszczyk

Opis

Cities are imagined not just as utopias, but also as ruins. In literature, film, art and popular culture, urban landscapes have been submerged by floods, razed by alien invaders, abandoned by fearful inhabitants and consumed in fire.

Spis treści

Introduction: urban ruins, exploration and the imaginationI: Histories1Post-apocalyptic Londons: imagining the death of a city2Remnants of disaster: ruins in post-industrial ManchesterII: Explorations3Fantasy and experience: ruin gazing in Varosha4Disaster and memory: the ruins of Chernobyl and PripyatIII: Futures5Urban futures, art and the imagination of Detroit6Suspended futures: urban ruins in reverse

O autorze

Paul Dobraszczyk is an art historian specialising in the architecture and visual culture of the Victorian period, from underground spaces to graphic design, ornamental cast iron and census forms. He has published widely on these subjects, including two books: Into the Belly of the Beast: Exploring London's Victorian Sewers and Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain.