Miles Orvell. Empire of Ruins. American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction
In the era of climate breakdown and disaster, a book on ruins seems apropos – from the ongoing destruction of the environment to the wreckage of late capitalism, much is to be said about the place of ruins in contemporary visual culture. In Empire of Ruins. American Culture, Photography, and the Sp...
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Interfaces
2023
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | In the era of climate breakdown and disaster, a book on ruins seems apropos – from the ongoing destruction of the environment to the wreckage of late capitalism, much is to be said about the place of ruins in contemporary visual culture. In Empire of Ruins. American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction, Miles Orvell does more than just pinpoint the current unfolding of man-made ruination. Instead, the book provides a genealogy of a peculiar American fascination with ruins a... |
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