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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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves KUL [BIR-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L80700
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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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