Latin America at fin-de-siècle universal exhibitions : modern cultures of visuality /

"Spanning from the 1876 exposition in Philadelphia, through Paris 1889, and culminating in Paris 1900, this book examines how Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico forged the image of a modernizing Latin America at the moment of their insertion into the new visual economy of capitalism, as well as how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Uslenghi, Alejandra, 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:	New directions in Latino American cultures.
Subjects:	Exhibitions > Social aspects > History > 19th century. National characteristics, Latin American > Exhibitions. Latin America > Civilization > 19th century. Modernism (Literature) > Latin America > History and criticism. Identity (Psychology) in literature. ART / Caribbean & Latin American. HISTORY / Latin America / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American.

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction
1. Modern Vistas: Latin American Photography at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
2. Remnants of a Dream World: Latin American Pavilions at the Paris 1889 Universal Exposition
3. Cosmopolitan Itineraries: Modernity's Spectacle at the Paris 1900 Universal Exposition
Epilogue.