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Deco body, deco city : female spectacle and modernity in Mexico City, 1900-1939 /

"In the turbulent decades following the Mexican Revolution, Mexico City saw a drastic influx of female migrants seeking escape and protection from the ravages of war in the countryside. While some settled in slums and tenements, where the informal economy often provided the only means of surviv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sluis, Ageeth, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
Colección:Mexican experience.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: city, modernity, spectacle
  • Performance: a city of spectacles
  • Bataclanismo: from divas to deco bodies
  • Camposcape: naturalizing nudity
  • Promis-cuidad: projecting pornography and mapping modernity
  • Planning the deco city: urban reform
  • Mercado Abelardo Rodríguez
  • Palacio de Bellas Artes
  • Conclusion: deco bodies, camposcape, and recurrence.