This volume explores the intersection between theories of the modern spectaclefrom Jose Antonio Maravall's conceptualization of the spectacular culture of the baroque to the Frankfurt School's theorization of mass culture, to Baudrillard's notion of the simulacrum, to Guy Debord's understanding of the society of the spectacleand the findings of the emerging fields of urban studies, landscape studies, and, generally speaking, studies of space.

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Information

Publisher

Vanderbilt University Press

Year

2011

ISBN

9780826518187

Topic

History

Subtopic

Mexican History

Index

History

Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction: Modern Scenes/Modern Sceneries
I. Foundational Landscapes
II. Modern(ist) Sceneries
III. National Panoramas
Afterword
Contributors
Index