Beal Brazil under Construction

Fiction and Public Works
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-32248-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 198 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: New Directions in Latino American Cultures

Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beal, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to the Fiction of Public Works 2. Conquering the Dark: Literature, Lighting, and Public Space in Rio de Janeiro in the Early 1900s 3. The Spectacle of Light: A Public Works Company in Southeastern Brazil (1906–71) 4. Brasília: The Real and Promised City in 1960s Brazilian Literature 5. Fiction and Massive Public Works during the Brazilian Military Regime (1964–85) 6. São Paulo's Failed Public Works in Ferréz's Capão Pecado and Luiz Ruffato's Eles eram muitos cavalos Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Sophia Beal is an is an assistant professor in Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota.