City/art: the urban scene in Latin America

City/art : setting the scene / Rebecca E. Biron -- What is a city? / Néstor García Canclini -- Buenos Aires is (Latin) America, too / Adrián Gorelik -- The spirit of Brasília : modernity as experiment and risk / James Holston -- City, art, politics / Nelly Richard -- The writing on the wall : urban...

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Other Authors: Biron, Rebecca E. 1964- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] Duke University Press 2009
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Summary:City/art : setting the scene / Rebecca E. Biron -- What is a city? / Néstor García Canclini -- Buenos Aires is (Latin) America, too / Adrián Gorelik -- The spirit of Brasília : modernity as experiment and risk / James Holston -- City, art, politics / Nelly Richard -- The writing on the wall : urban cultural studies and the power of aesthetics -- Marcy Schwartz, Miami Remake, José Quiroga -- The Jew in the city : Buenos Aires in Jewish fiction / Amy Kaminsky -- On maps and malls / Hugo Achugar -- Culture-based urban development in Rio de Janeiro / George Yúdice -- Latin American megacities : the new urban formlessness / Nelson Brissac Peixoto
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:x, 274 p ill
ISBN:9780822390732
0822390736

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