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City/art : the urban scene in Latin America / editor Rebecca E. Biron.

Contributor(s): Biron, Rebecca E., 1964-
Publisher: Durham N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2009.Description: x, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780822344551; 9780822344704 (pbk)DDC classification: 307.76098
Contents:
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book British Museum
Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves KUL [BIR-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L80700

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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