Title & Author:

Transculturation : cities, spaces and architectures in Latin America / edited by Felipe Hernández, Mark Millington and Iain Borden.

Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2005.

Description:

xxv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Critical studies ; vol. 27

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Transcultural architectures in Latin America / Felipe Hernández -- Reconfiguring the Caribbean's sense of place : from fixed identity to fluid hybridity / Monika Kaup and Robert Mugerauer -- The construction of home in the informal city / Peter Kellett -- From Austin, Texas to Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala and back again / Jane Rendell -- Changing perceptions of national identity in Brazilian art and modern architecture / Michael Asbury -- Chopin to the electric chair! The Mexican avant-garde and the revolutionised city / Luis Carrranza -- Landscapes of confusion : the urban imaginaries of Néstor García Canclini and Kevin Lynch / Anny Brooksbank-Jones -- Colonising the land : Heimat and the constructed landscapes of Mexico's Ciudad Universitaria (1943-1953) / Helen Thomas -- Translation theory and translational architectures : reading between history, architecture and cultural theory / Felipe Hernández -- Cement and multiculturalism / Adrian Forty -- Syncretism, wonder and memory in the work of Rogelio Salmona / Ricardo L. Castro -- Niemeyer's casino and the misdeeds of Brazilian architecture / Carlos Eduardo Dias Comas -- Trope of the tropics : the baroque in modern Brazilian architecture, 1940-1950 / Sandra Vivanco -- Transculturation : taking stock / Mark Millington.
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Summary:

"Transculturation: Cities, Spaces and Architectures in Latin America explores the critical potential inherent in the notion of "transculturation" in order to understand contemporary architectural practices and their cultural realities in Latin America." "Transculturation: Cities, Spaces and Architectures in Latin America introduces new readings and interpretations of the work of well-known architects, new analyses regarding the use of architectural materials and languages, new questions to do with minority architectures, gender and travel, and, from beginning to and, it engages with important political and theoretical debates that have rarely been broached within Latin American architectural circles."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9042016280
9789042016286

Subject:

Architecture and society Latin America.
Architecture Latin America.
Cities and towns Latin America.
Architecture et société Amérique latine.
Architecture Amérique latine.
Villes Amérique latine.
Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Cities and towns.
Architektur
Kulturübertragung
Architekturtheorie
Steden.
Ruimte (algemeen)
Bouwkunst.
Culturele identiteit.
Arquitetura moderna.
Sociedade.
Latin America.
Lateinamerika
Cities

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Hernández, Felipe, 1971-
Millington, Mark.
Borden, Iain.
Critical studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 27.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261263
Call No.: BIB 192272
Status: Available