Spectacular Modernity: Dictatorship, Space, and Visuality in Venezuela, 1948-1958

by Lisa Blackmore

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822964384
• ISBN13: 9780822964384
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"