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Control # 1 hbl99071925
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20201008210006.0
Fixed Data 8 160222s2016 mnua b s001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2016003047
ISBN 20    $a9780816697564 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN 20    $a9780816697571 (paperback : acid-free paper)
Obsolete 39    $a301281$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-us-mi$an-us---
LC Call 50 00 $aF574.D44$bK56 2016
Dewey Class 82 00 $a977.4/34$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aKinney, Rebecca J.,$d1979-$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aBeautiful wasteland :$bthe rise of Detroit as America's postindustrial frontier /$cRebecca J. Kinney.
Tag 280 280    $aMinneapolis :$bUniversity of Minnesota Press,$c[2016]
Phys Descrpt 300    $axxviii, 209 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Abstract 520 $a"The first book to analyze how contemporary ideas of Detroit circulate in popular culture in order to map the extension of the mythology of the frontier in American culture. Kinney analyzes a cross-section of twentieth and twenty first century cultural locations--an internet web forum, architectural photography, advertising and commercial culture, documentary film, and print and online media--to reveal the continued process of racialization in stories we tell about the rise, fall, and potential for rise again in Detroit. Kinney argues that the contemporary stories produced and told about Detroit enable the erasure of white privilege and systemic racism in the past and the present. By situating Detroit as a 'beautiful wasteland,' both desirable and distressed, the author shows how the narrative of ruin and possibility form a mutually constituted relationship: the city is possible precisely because of its perceived ruin. As an interdisciplinary text that weaves together popular narratives and visual stories to the scholarly conversations on racial formation, urban development, and urban history, Kinney illuminates the interplay between history and culture in the twenty first century American city. Beautiful Wasteland will appeal to a wide cross-section of audiences including: scholars of Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Popular Culture, Urban Studies. Additionally its compelling and easily accessible case studies make it an accessible book for lay audiences and use in introductory courses"--Author's website.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Content 505 $aIntroduction: Building a beautiful wasteland -- It's turned into a race thing : white innocence and the old neighborhood -- Picturing ruin and possibility : the rise of the postindustrial frontier -- Fanning the embers : branding Detroit as a phoenix rising -- Flickers of the American dream : filming possibility in decline -- Feeding Detroit's rise : provisions for urban pioneers -- Conclusion: The strait : a tale of two cities.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aDetroit (Mich.)$xPublic opinion.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zUnited states.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aRacism in popular culture$zUnited States.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aDetroit (Mich.)$xSocial conditions.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aDetroit (Mich.)$xEconomic conditions.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aDetroit (Mich.)$xRace relations.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCity and town life$zMichigan$zDetroit.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aUrban renewal$zMichigan$zDetroit.