TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dobraszczyk,Paul
TI  - The dead city: urban ruins and the spectacle of decay 
T2  - International library of visual culture
SN  - 9781784537166
AV  - HT371 
U1  - 307.76 D631 2017 23/swe
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - St�der
KW  - sao
KW  - �vergivna st�der
KW  - Ruiner
KW  - Shrinking cities
KW  - Ruined buildings
KW  - Extinct cities
KW  - Cities and towns
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275), filmography (pages 276-277) and index
N2  - The Dead City' unearths meanings from such depictions of ruination and decay, looking at representations of both thriving cities and ones which are struggling, abandoned or simply in transition. It reveals that ruination presents a complex opportunity to envision new futures for a city, whether that is by rewriting its past or throwing off old assumptions and proposing radical change. Seen in a certain light, for example, urban ruin and decay are a challenge to capitalist narratives of unbounded progress. They can equally imply that power structures thought to be deeply ingrained are temporary, contingent and even fragile. Examining ruins in Chernobyl, Detroit, London, Manchester and Varosha, this book demonstrates that how we discuss and depict urban decline is intimately connected to the histories, economic forces, power structures and communities of a given city, as well as to conflicting visions
ER  -