Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City

by Gyan Prakash

Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. Noir Urbanisms traces the history of the modern city through its critical representations in art, cinema, print journalism, literature, sociology, and architecture. It focuses on visual forms of dystopic representation--because the history of the modern city is inseparable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691146446
• ISBN13: 9780691146447
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"