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  • Modern Art in 1940s Cuba

    Havana's Artists, Critics, and Exhibitions

    by Alejandro Anreus ...
    The first book to explore the work of avant-garde artists in Cuba during the nation’s years as a democracyProviding the first comprehensive history of modern Cuban art during the 1940s, this book contextualizes the artistic practices, values, and contributions of the first and second generations of avant-garde artists on the island within the framework of the nation’s only democratic period ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art

    by Dana Arnold, Alejandro Anreus, Robin Greeley, Megan A. Sullivan ...
    Series series Blackwell Companions to Art History
    In-depth scholarship on the central artists, movements, and themes of Latin American art, from the Mexican revolution to the presentA Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Art consists of over 30 never-before-published essays on the crucial historical and theoretical issues that have framed our understanding of art in Latin America. This book has a uniquely inclusive focus ... Read more

    $174.00 USD

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  • The New Cultural History of Peronism

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    In nearly every account of modern Argentine history, the first Peronist regime (1946–55) emerges as the critical juncture. Appealing to growing masses of industrial workers, Juan Perón built a powerful populist movement that transformed economic and political structures, promulgated new conceptions and representations of the nation, and deeply polarized the Argentine populace. Yet until now, most ... Read more

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  • Brazilian Art under Dictatorship

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    Brazilian Art under Dictatorship is a sophisticated analysis of the intersection of politics and the visual arts during the most repressive years of Brazil's military regime, from 1968 until 1975. Raised in Rio de Janeiro during the dictatorship, the curator and art historian Claudia Calirman describes how Brazilian visual artists addressed the political situation and opened up the local art scene ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture

    Edited by John King ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Culture
    The term Latin America refers to the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking states created in the early 1820s following the wars of independence, states that differed enormously in geographical and demographical scale, ethnic composition and economic resources, yet shared distinct historical and cultural traits. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts explore the unity and diversity of the ... Read more

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  • Cuba

    A Cultural History

    by Alan West-Durán ...
    Cuba is a rare and fascinating place. In a world where revolutionary socialism seems an almost quaint reminder of the Cold War, the island remains one of the few nations on the planet guided by a Communist party, still committed to fighting imperialism, opposed to the injustices of globalization and wedded to the dream of one day building a classless society, albeit in a distant future. But Cuba ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture

    Edited by David T. Gies ...
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  • Modernity and the Architecture of Mexico

    Edited by Edward R. Burian ...
    Since the mid 1970s, there has been an extraordinary renewal of interest in early modern architecture, both as a way of gaining insight into contemporary architectural culture and as a reaction to neoconservative postmodernism. This book undertakes a critical reappraisal of the notion of modernity in Mexican architecture and its influence on a generation of Mexican architects whose works spanned ... Read more

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  • Urban Latin America

    Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment

    Edited by Bianca Freire-Medeiros, Julia O'Donnell ...
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    Urban Latin America explores the relationship between images, words and the built environment using an engaging variety of methods and sources, with a timely emphasis on comparative studies. The book brings together scholars with various disciplinary backgrounds and theoretical affiliations who critically approach urban experiences through visual accounts, texts and architectural elements. The ... Read more

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  • Theatre and Cartographies of Power

    Repositioning the Latina/o Americas

    by Violeta Luna, Jorge Dubatti, Ileana Diéguez, Patricio Vallejo Aristizábal, Gustavo Ott, Gad Guterman1, Brian Eugenio Herrera3, Diana Taylor4, Migdalia Cruz5, Diego La Hoz6, Virginia Grise8, Katherine Zien9, Carlos Cortez Minchillo0, Concepción León Mora2, Debra A. Castillo3, Elaine Romero4, Beatriz Rizk5, Roxana Avila Harper6, Diego Aramburo7, Ana Correa8, April Sweeney9, Astrid Hadad0, Eberto B. García Abreu2, Claudio Valdés Kuri4, Jean Graham-Jones6, Alma Martinez7, Natalie Alvarez8, Josefina Báez9, Jorge Huerta0, Guillermo Verdecchia1 ...
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    From the colonial period to independence and into the twenty-first century, Latin American culture has been mapped as a subordinate “other” to Europe and the United States. This collection reconsiders geographical space and power and the ways in which theatrical and performance histories have been constructed throughout the Americas. Essays bridge political, racial, gender, class, and national ... Read more

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  • Deco Body, Deco City

    Female Spectacle and Modernity in Mexico City, 1900–1939

    by Ageeth Sluis ...
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    In the turbulent decades following the Mexican Revolution, Mexico City saw a drastic influx of female migrants seeking escape and protection from the ravages of war in the countryside. While some settled in slums and tenements, where the informal economy often provided the only means of survival, the revolution, in the absence of men, also prompted women to take up traditionally male roles, ... Read more

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