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How Ruins Acquire Aesthetic Value: Modern Ruins, Ruin Porn, And The Ruin Tradition

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Full title: How Ruins Acquire Aesthetic Value: Modern Ruins, Ruin Porn, And The Ruin Tradition
ISBN: 9783030030643
ISBN 10: 3030030644
Authors: Whitehouse, Tanya (author.)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Language: de
Published on: 2018

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Synopsis

Chapter 1. Prologue: Ruins, And Ruin Porn, In American Cities -- Chapter 2. Fascination With Ruins -- Chapter 3. From Blight To Beauty: The Controversial Creation Of The First Us Industrial-heritage Park -- Chapter 4. Detroit: New Ruins And Old Problems -- Chapter 5. Resolving Our Judgments: Understanding How Ruins Acquire And Exhibit Aesthetic Value -- Chapter 6. The Ruin-industrial Aesthetic: Ruins, And Ruin-like Environments, Acquiring Aesthetic Value -- Chapter 7. Assessing Function And The Ruin Category -- Chapter 8. Epilogue: Ruins Rising From The Ashes. Tanya Whitehouse. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.