Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction
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Once symbols of the past, ruins have become ubiquitous signs of our future. Americans today encounter ruins in the media on a daily basis--images of abandoned factories and malls, toxic landscapes, devastating fires, hurricanes, and floods. In this sweeping study, Miles Orvell offers a new understanding of the spectacle of ruins in US culture, exploring how photographers, writers, painters, and filmmakers have responded to ruin and destruction, both...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0190491604
ISBN13:9780190491604
Release Date:February 2021
Publisher:Oxford Univ PR
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.9" x 10.1"
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