Overview
The first book to specifically discuss and examine the notion of Ruin Porn and its broader socio-cultural implications
Challenges the meaning and significance of Ruin Porn for those involved in the contemporary processes of Ruin
Provides specific case studies from a global set of perspectives
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Photographic Ruin
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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, architecture, culture, history, economics and politics. This work investigates the often ambiguous relationship that society has with contemporary ruins around the world, challenging the notions of authenticity that are frequently associated with images of decay. With case studies that discuss various places and topics, including Detroit, Chernobyl, Pitcairn Island, post-apocalyptic media, online communities and urban explorers, among many other topics, this collection illustrates the nuances of ruin porn that are fundamental to an understanding of humanity’s place in the overarching narrative of history.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Siobhan Lyons is a media lecturer at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her book Death and the Machine: Intersections of Mortality and Robotics, was published by Palgrave Pivot in 2018. She has also been published in Philosophical Approaches to the Devil (2016), Westworld and Philosophy (2018), and Understanding Nietzsche, Understanding Modernism (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ruin Porn and the Obsession with Decay
Editors: Siobhan Lyons
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93390-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93389-4Published: 16 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06651-2Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93390-0Published: 03 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 237
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Theory, Global/International Culture, Urban Studies/Sociology, Cultural Heritage, Media and Communication