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OverviewOver the past 25 years, award-winning ethnographer and photographerCamilo José Vergara has traveled annually to Detroit to document notonly the city’s precipitous decline but also how its residents havesurvived. From the 1970s through the 1990s, changes in Detroit werealmost all for the worse, as the fabric of the city was erased throughneglect and abandonment. But over the last decade Detroit has seenthe beginnings of a positive transformation, and the photography inDetroit Is No Dry Bones provides unique documentation of the revivaland its urbanistic possibilities. Beyond the fate of the city’s buildingsthemselves, Vergara’s camera has consistently sought to capture thedistinct culture of this largely African American city. The photographsin this book, for example, are organized in part around the way peoplehave re-used and re-purposed structures from the past. Vergara is uniquein his documentation of local churches that have re-occupied old bankbuildings and other impressive structures from the past and turnedthem into something unexpectedly powerful architecturally as well asspiritually. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Camilo José VergaraPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.897kg ISBN: 9780472130115ISBN 10: 0472130110 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 30 November 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsVergara is especially alert to changes in the urban landscape . . . perhaps more people will take a second, closer look at the wealth of native folk art we have all over town. And Vergara deserves thanks for recording them and offering a serious critical appraisal. Detroit Metro Times Author InformationCamilo José Vergara was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2002and received a Berlin Prize Fellowship in 2010. In 2013, he became thefirst photographer to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. Heis author of numerous books, including Silent Cities: The Evolution ofthe American Cemetery; The New American Ghetto; and Harlem: TheUnmaking of a Ghetto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |