Too Detroit to Starve: The Social Imaginary of Dreams, Death, and Survival in Detroit, Michigan
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How do you understand the fall of a great American city? Detroit and its many successes and failures have often been an object of fascination in the eyes of the media. Musicals, films, commercials, and literature are only some of the cultural elements that have created a narrative around the city. Today, the discourse that surrounds Detroit has become critically important to the future of the city—especially as a wave of white entrepreneurs and artists gentrify this predominantly African American city. Through an examination of three thematic eras, I attempt to track how narratives of Detroit, Michigan have been woven into our collective social imagination.
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Name(s)
Author: King, Marina Caroline Frey
Thesis advisor: Cutler, Jonathan
Date
April 15, 2016
Extent
112 pages
Language
eng
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Physical Form
electronic
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In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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