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Jason Wilson - Buenos Aires: A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination) - 9781904955092 - V9781904955092
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Buenos Aires: A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination)

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Description for Buenos Aires: A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination) Paperback. This title is a new, revised edition of Jason Wilson's cultural history of Buenos Aires. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBTB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
The most European of South American cities, Buenos Aires evokes exile and nostalgia. A nineteenth-century replica of Paris or Madrid set adrift in an alien continent, its identity is neither of the Old World nor the New. The city's rootlessness has famously found expression in the melancholy of tango and, more recently, in a vogue for psycho-analysis even more widespread than New York's. Jason Wilson explores this contradictory and culturally rich city by tracing its development from remote settlement to modern metropolis. Taking landmarks, both well-known and hidden, as starting-points for a journey of discovery, he looks at the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Cities of the Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955092
SKU
V9781904955092
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About Jason Wilson
JASON WILSON is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at University College, London, and the author of books on Octavio Paz, Alexander von Humboldt and Latin American literature.

Reviews for Buenos Aires: A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination)
"A fascinating journey through the city's real streets and the historical and fictional events which have taken place in them." Buenos Aires Herald

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