Spectacular Mexico : Design, Propaganda, and the 1968 Olympics

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An examination of the relationship between a paradigm-shifting event in global design culture, the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, and the exhibitionary practices of the single-party Mexican state during the mid 20th century. Mexico '68 was the most ambitious of a sequence of official design project...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castañeda, Luis M., 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Design > Political aspects.
Architecture > Political aspects.
Architecture and state.
Architecture and society.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ART > Museum Studies.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Design > Aspect politique > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Architecture et societe > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Architecture > Politique gouvernementale > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Design > Political aspects > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Architecture > Political aspects > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Architecture and society > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Architecture and state > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Mexico.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:An examination of the relationship between a paradigm-shifting event in global design culture, the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, and the exhibitionary practices of the single-party Mexican state during the mid 20th century. Mexico '68 was the most ambitious of a sequence of official design projects destined to support the claim that, in the aftermath of its revolutionary wars (c1910-1920), a socially unified and prosperous Mexico had effectively arrived to the 'developed' world. This is the first book to explore the intersecting histories of the design interventions aimed to support this claim.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9781452942445

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