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3. Gods and Monsters: A Solastalgic Examination of Detroit’s Ruins and Representation

verfasst von : Christopher T. Gullen

Erschienen in: Ruin Porn and the Obsession with Decay

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This article appropriates philosopher Glenn Albrecht’s neologism solastalgia, originally coined to refer to the sensation of existential anguish during environmental crisis, to refer to the city of Detroit, the phenomenon of “ruin porn” and the effect this media has on its residents. Ruin porn creates a cyclical consciousness of trauma for residents as it continually perpetuates images of Detroit as a ruined wasteland incapable of self-governance or improvement beyond the assistance of the white, elite establishment. This paper will utilize Albrecht’s work in tandem with urban studies to explore how ruin porn affects Detroit residents and the representation of the city at large.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Detroit Was Always Made of Wheels: Confronting Ruin Porn in Its Hometown
Nächstes Kapitel The Bronx Isn’t Burning, Is It?: Ruin Porn and Contemporary Perceptions of The Bronx
Fußnoten
1
Brian Doucet and Drew Philp, “In Detroit ‘Ruin Porn’ Ignores the Voices of Those Who Still Call the City Home,” The Guardian (London, UK), February 15, 2016.
 
2
“The Remains of Detroit” Photo Essay, Time, accessed March 1, 2017, http://​content.​time.​com/​time/​photogallery/​0,29307,1864272,00.​html.
 
3
Allan Lengel, “Artsy Nude Photos in Abandoned Detroit Churches to Be Shown in Boston,” Deadline Detroit Lifestyle, last modified July 2, 2014, http://​www.​deadlinedetroit.​com/​articles/​9762/​artsy_​nude_​photos_​in_​abandoned_​detroit_​churches_​to_​be_​shown_​in_​boston#.​WbCeea2ZNE4.
 
4
Tim Strangleman, “‘Smokestack Nostalgia,’ ‘Ruin Porn’ or Working-Class Obituary: The Role and Meaning of Deindustrial Representation,” International Labor and Working-Class History 84 (2013): 24.
 
5
Ibid., 28.
 
6
See “The Rape of Jane Cooper” Photo Essay, http://​detroitfunk.​com/​the-rape-of-jane-cooper/​.
 
7
Glenn Albrecht, “Environmental Change, Distress and Human Emotion Solastalgia” (Presentation, TEDxSydney, Sydney, Australia, June 2, 2010).
 
8
Glenn Albrecht, “Solastalgia,” last modified 2013, http://​www.​psychoterratica.​com/​solastalgia.​html.
 
9
Ibid.
 
10
Ibid.
 
11
Daniel B. Smith, “Is There an Ecological Unconscious?” The New York Times Magazine (New York, NY), January 27, 2010.
 
12
Glenn Albrecht, “Environmental Change, Distress and Human Emotion Solastalgia” (Presentation, TEDxSydney, Sydney, Australia, June 2, 2010).
 
13
Deighton Abrams, “Solastalgia” (Master’s thesis, Clemson University, 2016), ii.
 
14
Brian Doucet and Drew Philp, “In Detroit ‘Ruin Porn’ Ignores the Voices of Those Who Still Call the City Home,” The Guardian (London, UK), February 15, 2016.
 
15
Thomas Sugrue, The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (Princeton: Princeton Classics, 2005), xvi.
 
16
The 2016 population of Detroit is approximately 677,000, according to statistics from the US Census Bureau and The Detroit News.
 
17
Brian Doucet and Drew Philp, “In Detroit ‘Ruin Porn’ Ignores the Voices of Those Who Still Call the City Home,” The Guardian (London, UK), February 15, 2016.
 
18
Mark Binelli, “How Detroit Became the World Capital of Staring at Old Buildings,” The New York Times Magazine (New York, NY), November 9, 2012.
 
19
Eight Mile, formerly known as “Baseline Road” is a the physical (and cultural) dividing line between the primarily black city of Detroit, situated in Wayne County and the affluent, less diverse, Oakland County to the north.
 
20
Charlie LeDuff, “Flight of the Dead: Suburban Families Move Loved Ones from Detroit Cemeteries,” The Detroit News (Detroit, MI), August 13, 2008.
 
21
Ibid.
 
22
Thomas Norton, “Something, Something Something, Detroit: Lazy journalists Love Pictures of Abandoned Stuff,” Vice 16, no. 8 (2009), https://​www.​vice.​com/​en_​us/​article/​ppzb9z/​something-something-something-detroit-994-v16n8.
 
23
Alexis Madrigal, “Detroit ‘Ruin Porn’ from a Drone,” The Atlantic, July 17, 2012.
 
24
Daniel B. Smith, “Is There an Ecological Unconscious?” The New York Times Magazine (New York, NY), January 27, 2010.
 
25
Glenn Albrecht, “Environmental Change, Distress and Human Emotion Solastalgia” (Presentation, TEDxSydney, Sydney, Australia, June 2, 2010).
 
26
Fred Vultee, “Finding Porn in the Ruin,” Journal of Mass Media Ethics 28, no. 2 (2013): 143.
 
27
Louis Aguilar, “Putting a Price Tag on Properties Linked to Gilbert,” The Detroit News (Detroit, MI), April 29, 2016.
 
28
Bill Shea, “Latest Little Caesars Arena Project Construction Cost: $862.9 Million,” Crains Detroit Business (Detroit, MI), June 7, 2017.
 
29
Peter Moskowitz, “The Two Detroits: A City Both Collapsing and Gentrifying at the Same Time,” The Guardian (London, UK), February 5, 2015.
 
30
Daniel B. Smith, “Is There an Ecological Unconscious?” The New York Times Magazine (New York, NY), January 27, 2010.
 
Literatur
Abrams, Deighton. “Solastalgia.” Master’s thesis, Clemson University, 2016.
Aguilar, Louis. “Putting a Price Tag on Properties Linked to Gilbert.” The Detroit News, April 29, 2016. Detroit, MI.
Albrecht, Glenn. “Environmental Change, Distress and Human Emotion Solastalgia” (Presentation, TEDxSydney, Sydney, Australia, June 2, 2010).
———. “Solastalgia: A New Concept in Human Health and Identity.” PAN (Philosophy, Activism, Nature) 3 (2005): 41–55.
Binelli, Mark. “How Detroit Became the World Capital of Staring at Abandoned Buildings.” The New York Times Magazine, November 9, 2012. New York, NY.
Coward, Rosalind. Female Desire: Women’s Sexuality Today. New York: HarperCollins, 1984.
Doucet, Brian, and Philp, Drew. “In Detroit ‘Ruin Porn Ignores the Voices of Those Who Still Call the City Home.” The Guardian, February 15, 2016. London, UK.
Edelstein, David. “Now Playing at Your Local Multiplex: Torture Porn.” New York Magazine, February 2006.
LeDuff, Charlie. “Flight of the Dead: Suburban Families Moved Loves Ones from Detroit Cemeteries.” The Detroit News, August 13, 2008. Detroit, MI.
Moskowitz, Peter. “The Two Detroits: A City Both Collapsing and Gentrifying at the Same Time.” The Guardian, February 5 2015. London, UK.
Shea, Bill. “Latest Little Caesars Arena Project Construction Cost: $862.9 Million.” Crains Detroit Business, June 7, 2017. Detroit, MI.
Smith, Daniel. “Is There an Ecological Unconscious?” The New York Times Magazine, January 27, 2010. New York, NY.
Strangleman, Tim. “‘Smokestack Nostalgia,’ ‘Ruin Porn’ or Working-Class Obituary: The Role and Meaning of Deindustrial Representation.” International Labor and Working-Class History 84 (2013): 23–37.
Sugrue, Thomas. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit. Princeton: Princeton Classics, 2005.
Vultee, Fred. “Finding Porn in the Ruin.” Journal of Mass Media Ethics 28, no. 2 (2013): 142–145.
Metadaten
Titel
Gods and Monsters: A Solastalgic Examination of Detroit’s Ruins and Representation
verfasst von
Christopher T. Gullen
Copyright-Jahr
2018
Buch
Ruin Porn and the Obsession with Decay

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-93389-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-93390-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93390-0_3