Spectacular modernity dictatorship, space, and visuality in Venezuela, 1948-1958
"An analysis of how a decade of military rule in Venezuela produced a dominant ideology of progress so meticulously crafted that to this day audacious Modernist art and architecture and dictatorship are conflated under the term 'modernity'"...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
University of Pittsburgh Press
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | Illuminations : cultural formations of the Americas series
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| Schlagworte: |
Geschichte 1900-2000
> Geschichte 1948-1958
> HISTORY / Latin America / South America
> ARCHITECTURE / Criticism
> ART / Criticism & Theory
> Architektur
> Geschichte
> Gesellschaft
> Kunst
> Politik
> Dictatorship
> Social aspects
> Military government
> Social change
> History
> Modernism (Aesthetics)
> Political aspects
> Art
> Architecture
> Spectacular, The
> Kulturpolitik
> Modernisierung
> Diktatur
> Propaganda
> Lateinamerika
> Venezuela
> Cultural policy
> Politics and government
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "An analysis of how a decade of military rule in Venezuela produced a dominant ideology of progress so meticulously crafted that to this day audacious Modernist art and architecture and dictatorship are conflated under the term 'modernity'"... "In cultural history, the 1950s in Venezuela are commonly celebrated as a golden age of modernity, realized by a booming oil economy, dazzling modernist architecture, and nationwide modernization projects. But this is only half the story. In this path-breaking study, Lisa Blackmore reframes the concept of modernity as a complex cultural formation in which modern aesthetics became deeply entangled with authoritarian politics. Drawing on extensive archival research and presenting a wealth of previously unpublished visual materials, Blackmore revisits the decade-long dictatorship to unearth the spectacles of progress that offset repression and censorship. Analyses of a wide range of case studies...from housing projects to agricultural colonies, urban monuments to official exhibitions, and carnival processions to consumerculture...reveal the manifold apparatuses that mythologized visionary leadership, advocated technocratic development, and presented military rule as the only route to progress. Offering a sharp corrective to depoliticized accounts of the period, Spectacular Modernity instead exposes how Venezuelans were promised a radically transformed landscape in exchange for their democratic freedoms"... |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 268 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780822964384 978-0-8229-6438-4 0822964384 0-8229-6438-4 |