Preserving whose city? : memory, place, and identity in Rio de Janeiro /

This engaging book explores how and why debates over Rio's historic sites, landmarks and landscapes have influenced both the city and Brazil as a whole. Brian Godfrey shows how Rio's sense of place has been defined by historic rebranding, arguing that the world has much to learn from Rio a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Godfrey, Brian J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
Subjects:	Historic sites > Conservation and restoration > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Historic preservation > Social aspects > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Natural monuments > Social aspects > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Cultural landscapes > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Cultural property > Protection > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Collective memory > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Cultural policy.

Table of Contents:

Uses of memory : preserving whose Rio de Janeiro?
Preservation politics : narrating a city and a nation
Little Africa : Afro-Brazilian heritage and placemaking
Resilient favelas : pride of place, heritage of resistance
Environmental heritage : defending carioca landscapes
Remembering Rio : the politics of memory.