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Images of Power Iconography, Culture and the State in Latin America

Andermann Jens Rowe, William
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781845452124
Publisert
2006-09-01
Utgiver
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Berghahn Books
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417 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Redaktør
Andermann Jens
Rowe, William

Om bidragsyterne

Jens Andermann is a Lecturer in Latin American Studies at Birkbeck College, London, and co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. Among his publications are Mapas de poder: una arqueología literaria del espacio argentino (Rosario, 2000) and articles for major journals in Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the US.

Images of Power Iconography, Culture and the State in Latin America

Andermann Jens Rowe, William
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
Andermann Jens Rowe, William
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
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<i>"Such a brief overview cannot do the essays in this collection justice. Amply illustrated and nicely organised, the collected essays represent some of the most innovative work being done in the field of visual culture in Latin America. Of particular value is the range of theoretical interests and perspectives brought to bear on visual culture by the contributors. This is theoretical and disciplinary eclecticism at its best. Each essay is refreshing and original and there is little redundancy despite the length of the book…For scholars working on visual culture, the state and cultural history, this is an essential volume."</i> <b>-Journal of Latin American Studies</b></p>

In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. Furthermore, at the moment of its historical demise, the new, 'postmodern' forms of sovereignty appear to rely even more heavily on visual discourses of power. However, a critique of the iconography of the modern state-form has been missing. This volume is the first concerted attempt by cultural, historical and visual scholars to address the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America, in a comparative perspective spanning various regions and historical stages. The case studies are divided into four sections, analysing the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as a key icon of the state.
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Looks at the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America. This book contains case studies, which analyse the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as a key icon of the state.
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List of Illustrations Introduction: The Power of Images Jens Andermann and William Rowe PART I: MEMORY AND THE PUBLIC ARENA Chapter 1. From Royal Subject to Citizen: the Territory of the Body in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Mexican Visual Practices Magali M. Carrera Chapter 2. The Mexican Codices and the Visual Language of Revolution Gordon Brotherston Chapter 3. Subversive Needlework: Gender, Class and History at Venezuela´s National Exhibition, 1883 Beatriz González Stephan (transl. Heike Vogt) Chapter 4. Material Memories: Tradition and Amnesia in two Argentine Museums Alvaro Fernández Bravo PART II: SELF AND OTHER IN THE AVANT-GARDE Chapter 5. Exoticism, Alterity and the Ecuadorean Elite: The Work of Camilo Egas Trinidad Pérez (transl. Philip Derbyshire) Chapter 6. Primitivist Iconographies: Tango and Samba, Images of the Nation Florencia Garramuño Chapter 7. ‘Argentina in the World’: Internationalist Nationalism in the Art of the 1960s Andrea Giunta (transl. Emma Thomas) PART III: MASSES AND MONUMENTALITY Chapter 8. ‘Cold as the Stone of which it Must be Made’: Caboclos, Monuments and the Memory of Independence in Bahia, Brazil, 1870–1900 Hendrik Kraay Chapter 9. Photography, Memory, Disavowal: the Casasola Archive Andrea Noble Chapter 10. Mass and Multitude: Bastardised Iconographies of the Modern Order Graciela Montaldo PART IV: SPACES OF FLIGHT AND CAPTURE Chapter 11. Marconi and other Artifices: Long-range Technology and the Conquest of the Desert  Claudio Canaparo (transl. Peter Cooke) Chapter 12. Desert Dreams: Nomadic Tourists and Cultural Discontent Gabriela Nouzeilles (transl. Jens Andermann) Chapter 13. Why the Virgin of Zapopan went to Los Angeles: Reflections on Mobility and Globality Mary Louise Pratt Notes on Contributors Index
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<p>
<i>"Such a brief overview cannot do the essays in this collection justice. Amply illustrated and nicely organised, the collected essays represent some of the most innovative work being done in the field of visual culture in Latin America. Of particular value is the range of theoretical interests and perspectives brought to bear on visual culture by the contributors. This is theoretical and disciplinary eclecticism at its best. Each essay is refreshing and original and there is little redundancy despite the length of the book…For scholars working on visual culture, the state and cultural history, this is an essential volume."</i> <b>-Journal of Latin American Studies</b></p>

In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. Furthermore, at the moment of its historical demise, the new, 'postmodern' forms of sovereignty appear to rely even more heavily on visual discourses of power. However, a critique of the iconography of the modern state-form has been missing. This volume is the first concerted attempt by cultural, historical and visual scholars to address the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America, in a comparative perspective spanning various regions and historical stages. The case studies are divided into four sections, analysing the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as a key icon of the state.
Les mer
Looks at the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America. This book contains case studies, which analyse the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as a key icon of the state.
Les mer
List of Illustrations Introduction: The Power of Images Jens Andermann and William Rowe PART I: MEMORY AND THE PUBLIC ARENA Chapter 1. From Royal Subject to Citizen: the Territory of the Body in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Mexican Visual Practices Magali M. Carrera Chapter 2. The Mexican Codices and the Visual Language of Revolution Gordon Brotherston Chapter 3. Subversive Needlework: Gender, Class and History at Venezuela´s National Exhibition, 1883 Beatriz González Stephan (transl. Heike Vogt) Chapter 4. Material Memories: Tradition and Amnesia in two Argentine Museums Alvaro Fernández Bravo PART II: SELF AND OTHER IN THE AVANT-GARDE Chapter 5. Exoticism, Alterity and the Ecuadorean Elite: The Work of Camilo Egas Trinidad Pérez (transl. Philip Derbyshire) Chapter 6. Primitivist Iconographies: Tango and Samba, Images of the Nation Florencia Garramuño Chapter 7. ‘Argentina in the World’: Internationalist Nationalism in the Art of the 1960s Andrea Giunta (transl. Emma Thomas) PART III: MASSES AND MONUMENTALITY Chapter 8. ‘Cold as the Stone of which it Must be Made’: Caboclos, Monuments and the Memory of Independence in Bahia, Brazil, 1870–1900 Hendrik Kraay Chapter 9. Photography, Memory, Disavowal: the Casasola Archive Andrea Noble Chapter 10. Mass and Multitude: Bastardised Iconographies of the Modern Order Graciela Montaldo PART IV: SPACES OF FLIGHT AND CAPTURE Chapter 11. Marconi and other Artifices: Long-range Technology and the Conquest of the Desert  Claudio Canaparo (transl. Peter Cooke) Chapter 12. Desert Dreams: Nomadic Tourists and Cultural Discontent Gabriela Nouzeilles (transl. Jens Andermann) Chapter 13. Why the Virgin of Zapopan went to Los Angeles: Reflections on Mobility and Globality Mary Louise Pratt Notes on Contributors Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781845452124
Publisert
2006-09-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books
Vekt
417 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Redaktør
Andermann Jens
Rowe, William

Om bidragsyterne

Jens Andermann is a Lecturer in Latin American Studies at Birkbeck College, London, and co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. Among his publications are Mapas de poder: una arqueología literaria del espacio argentino (Rosario, 2000) and articles for major journals in Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the US.

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