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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blackmore, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
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.