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Making sense of Detroit.

Authors :
Sheridan, David M.
Source :
Michigan Quarterly Review; Summer99, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p321, 34p, 4 Black and White Photographs
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Argues that waiting for the future is a characteristics of a dystopic construction of Detroit, Michigan while proclaiming the future's imminence belongs to a utopic vision of the city. Utopists' search of a frontier space that is defined by both its temporal and spatial dimensions; Utopist assumption that the Northwest Territories are culturally empty; Savage lover myth; Classic frontier tensions.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00262420
Volume :
38
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Michigan Quarterly Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
2202934