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The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History
This Oxford Handbook comprehensively examines the field of Latin American history.
Spatial Orders, Social Forms
A fascinating look at modernist urban planning and spatial theories in Brazilian 20th-century art and architecture Exploring the intersections among art, architecture, and urbanism in Brazil from the 1920s through the 1960s, Adrian Anagnost shows how modernity was manifested in locally specific spatial forms linked to Brazil's colonial and imperial past. Discussing the ways artists and architects understood urban planning as a tool to reorganize the world, control human action, and remedy social problems, Anagnost offers a nuanced account of the seeming conflict between modernist aesthetics and a predominately poor and historically disenfranchised urban public, with particular attention to regionalist forms of urban development. Organized as a series of case studies of projects such as Flávio de Carvalho's performative urbanism, the construction of the Ministry of Education and Public Health building, Lina Bo and Pietro Maria Bardi's efforts to modernize Brazilian museums, and Hélio Oiticica's interstitial works, this study is full of groundbreaking insights into the ways that modernist theories of urbanism shaped the art and architecture of 20th-century Brazil.
Eram a Consolação
Focado nos anos 1960-70, o livro é baseado em pesquisa documental e depoimentos de artistas, jornalistas e intelectuais de como era a vida social e cultural na capital paulista. Até 1968, a animada fusão entre intelecto, arte e política era configurada pelas dinâmicas da Faculdade de Filosofia e dos núcleos universitários próximos. Nessa região, casas noturnas, cineclubes, museus e teatros eram o cenário desses encontros. A remoção dos estudantes da USP para o outro lado do rio Pinheiros fez surgir uma nova geografia cultural. Com espaços mais informais e flexíveis, o circuito boêmio se expandiu de Vila Buarque, praça Roosevelt e Centro Novo até o núcleo ao redor da Cidade Universitária e da Vila Madalena.
Architecture, visual culture, art
Every year in the highlands of Guatemala, the town of Sumpango celebrates Day of the Dead by flying kites. The kites are massive, the largest measuring 45 feet in diameter. Smaller kites, close 20 feet in height, are flown in a death-defying race down the side of a mountain. From a distance, the kites appear luminous and blissful, but the radiant colors of the kites mask an ominous subtext. On closer inspection, the images on the sails depict people in agony and torment: mutilated bodies, mass burials, kidnappings, and rivers of blood. In graphic illustration, the kites allude to the dark and painful history of Guatemala's 30-year civil war. Originally centered on remembering the dead, the kite festival has become a way for the indigenous community to heal itself from the trauma of the war. Wings of Resistance examines the politics and art of the giant kites, placing this Guatemalan tradition in the context of international kite cultures. The contributors include Alison Fujino, Christopher Ornelas, Jose Sainz, Scott Skinner, and Victorino Tejaxun.
Urban Space and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century São Paulo, Brazil
This book focuses on how the political, cultural, and technical networks within the field of engineering provided the space within which an important professional middle class prospered in the city of São Paulo and made lasting contributions to the development of modern Brazil.
Rotas literárias de São Paulo
São Paulo é uma cidade lírica, polo efervescente de cultura e artes e vivenda da literatura. Não é à toa que muitos literatos e profissionais ligados à área fizeram de São Paulo sua morada, a qual serviu de inspiração para poemas, teatros, bibliotecas e lugar de prosa por entre suas livrarias, seus bares e centros culturais. A paixão pelas letras unida ao espírito investigativo da autora Goimar Dantas faz deste livro um dossiê completo sobre as rotas literárias de São Paulo, minuciosamente selecionadas para compor esta publicação. Aqui estão reunidas informações sobre a história dos locais, casos curiosos que neles aconteceram, fotografias e entrevistas com escritores, livreiros, editores, críticos literários e gestores culturais que participam do cenário literário da capital paulista. São 21 rotas que o leitor poderá conhecer ou rememorar sob um olhar lírico e poético. Por quantos lugares não passamos e por desaviso não sabemos de sua importância histórico-literária para a cidade? Por meio deste livro-guia, você descobrirá onde a literatura pulsa em São Paulo, como se estivesse tomando um café com os principais expoentes dessa área.
A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas
A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas is the first comprehensive survey to narrate the urbanization of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, making it a vital resource to help you understand the built environment in this part of the world. The book combines the latest scholarship about the indigenous past with an environmental history approach covering issues of climate, geology, and biology, so that you'll see the relationship between urban and rural in a new, more inclusive way. Author Clare Cardinal-Pett tells the story chronologically, from the earliest-known human migrations into the Americas to the 1930s to reveal information and insights that w...
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