Description: Tinsel and Rust explores the pivotal role that Hollywood films have played in the shaping of the Rust Belt as a cultural and political idea, and in turn, the efforts of cities like Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Cleveland to remake their public image and revitalize their economies through film and media production.
Review Quotes: "Dwyer (Arcadia Univ.) uses the techniques of cultural geography to provide a portrait of major Rust Belt cities. He draws on films from the 1970s to those made in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to discuss the effects of deindustrialization and the ways that these cities reflect a larger landscape of despair, anxiety, insecurity, resignation, and apathy. ..Recommended." -- J. Belton, CHOICE