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Delirious consumption : aesthetics and consumer capitalism in Mexico and Brazil /

In the decades following World War II, the creation and expansion of massive domestic markets and relatively stable economies allowed for mass consumption on an unprecedented scale, giving rise to the consumer society that exists today. Many avant-garde artists explored the nexus between consumption...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Delgado Moya, Sergio (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Border Hispanisms.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Asthetics in the age of consumer culture: some terms
  • Attention and distraction: the billboard as mural form
  • Fascination; or, enlightenment in the age of neon light
  • Poetry, replication, late capitalism: Octavio Paz as concrete poet
  • Lygia Clark, at home with objects
  • Conclusion.