Ruin : WSQ Volume 29 Nos 1&2: Volume 39, Numbers 3&4 Fall/Winter 2011 (Women's Studies Quarterly, 39) - Softcover

Sarah Chinn; Rupal Oza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558617507 ISBN 13: 9781558617506

Publisher: THE FEMINIST PRESS, 2012

Synopsis

From lost kingdoms to modern-day disasters, from economic meltdowns to political unrest, from bad reputations to cinematic flops, the spectre of ruin is omnipresent and never ending. Often ruin evokes feelings of nostalgia for good times long gone. Ruin poses the sometimes unthinkable question: What is so bad about ruin and why do we fear it so? In this collection of essays, Sarah Chin and Rupal Oza explore the issues surrounding the human fixation with decay and dilapidation.

About this title

About the Author

Sarah Chinn is the executive director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the CUNY Graduate Center.
RuPaul Oza is the director of the Women and Gender Studies program at Hunter College, CUNY.

Edition details

• Publisher: THE FEMINIST PRESS
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558617507
• ISBN 13: 9781558617506
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328