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The Modernist City
James Holston
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Description for The Modernist City
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, 17 tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
The utopian design and organization of Brasília—the modernist new capital of Brazil—were meant to transform Brazilian society. In this sophisticated, pioneering study of Brasília from its inception in 1957 to the present, James Holston analyzes this attempt to change society by building a new kind of city and the ways in which the paradoxes of constructing an imagined future subvert its utopian premises. Integrating anthropology with methods of analysis from architecture, urban studies, social history, and critical theory, Holston presents a critique of modernism based on a powerfully innovative ethnography of the city.
The utopian design and organization of Brasília—the modernist new capital of Brazil—were meant to transform Brazilian society. In this sophisticated, pioneering study of Brasília from its inception in 1957 to the present, James Holston analyzes this attempt to change society by building a new kind of city and the ways in which the paradoxes of constructing an imagined future subvert its utopian premises. Integrating anthropology with methods of analysis from architecture, urban studies, social history, and critical theory, Holston presents a critique of modernism based on a powerfully innovative ethnography of the city.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
383
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226349794
SKU
V9780226349794
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99-50
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