Spectacular modernity : dictatorship, space, and visuality in Venezuela, 1948-1958 /
"In cultural history, the 1950s in Venezuela are commonly celebrated as a golden age of modernity, realized by a booming oil economy, dazzling modernist architecture, and nationwide modernization projects. But this is only half the story. In this path-breaking study, Lisa Blackmore reframes the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2017]
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Colección: | Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Rethinking the Politics and Aesthetics of Modernity
- Part I. Official Libretto
- Telling Stories : The Historiographical Foundations of Military Rule
- Ruling Ideology : Radical Transformations of Space and Body
- Part II. Setting the Scene
- Nation Branding : From Covert Propaganda to Corporate Publicity
- Spectacular Visuality : Enframing the Landscape, Training the Gaze
- Exhibiting Modernity : Cultures of Display and the Dictator's Visionary Gaze
- Part III. Performing Progress
- Subjects on Stage : Organized Walking in Scripted Spaces
- Bringing Progress Home : Modern Mythologies in Daily Life
- Epilogue: Specters of Spectacle.