Spectacular modernity : dictatorship, space, and visuality in Venezuela, 1948-1958 / Lisa Blackmore.
"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...
Uniform Title: | Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2017]
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Series: | Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Physical Description: | xii, pages ; 24 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"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'"-- Provided by publisher.
"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 Drawing on extensive archival research and presenting a wealth of previously unpublished visual materials, Blackmore revisits the decade-long dictatorship to unearth the spectacles of progress that offset repression and censorship.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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | F2326 .B47 2017 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780822964384 0822964384 |