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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- Spectacular Mexico: Design, Propaganda, and the 1968 Olympics
- Publication Date
- 2014-11-01
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN
- 9780816690794
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816690790
ISBN-13
9780816690794
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201647356
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Spectacular Mexico : Design, Propaganda, and the 1968 Olympics
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Latin America / Mexico, Mexico, General, Museum Studies, Regional, Propaganda, Olympics & Paralympics, History / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Design, Travel, Art, Political Science, Sports & Recreation, Architecture, History
Series
A Quadrant Book Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
26.2 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-018807
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"An extraordinary piece of research and, more importantly, historical imagination, this book makes its points clearly, with crystalline and imaginative intelligence, and with massive empirical backing." --Mauricio Tenorio, author of "I Speak of the City": Mexico City, 1880-1930, "Castaneda makes an essential contribution by articulating the role that architecture and design, in all its variants, had in the expression, exertion of control, and propaganda of the midcentury Mexican state."-- CHOICE " Spectacular Mexico does a wonderful job at describing the complex history of the design and events leading to the 1968 Olympic Games."-- Journal of Design History " Spectacular Mexico is unparalleled in its capacity to educate and enlighten the design and planning professions about the importance of symbolism in the built environment, and about the capacity of architects, planners, and urban designers to construct meaningful narratives and build monumental projects with long-lasting impacts on cities and nations."-- Planning Perspectives " Spectacular Mexico is a work of noteworthy rigour, bound by way of the academic traditions of critical historiographic analysis, which ultimately offers a thoroughly detailed gaze into the historic fabric of mid-twentieth-century Mexico."-- Journal of Architecture "In accessible and well-written prose, this is a complex and rich text that adds to the body of knowledge by positioning the multiple significances of modern architecture, design, and art within political culture and the state building and glorification of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional."-- Hispanic American Historical Review "A marvelous contribution to Mexico City's historiography."-- H-Net/H-War "Luis M. Castañeda fills an important gap by. . . extending the list of architects and buildings much further than the traditional survey book. . . a rigorous analysis of the politics behind the design and construction of structures that helped define twentieth-century Mexico."-- Mexican Studies, "Castaneda makes an essential contribution by articulating the role that architecture and design, in all its variants, had in the expression, exertion of control, and propaganda of the midcentury Mexican state."-- CHOICE " Spectacular Mexico does a wonderful job at describing the complex history of the design and events leading tot he 1968 Olympic Games."-- Journal of Design History " Spectacular Mexico is unparalleled in its capacity to educate and enlighten the design and planning professions about the importance of symbolism in the built environment, and about the capacity of architects, planners, and urban designers to construct meaningful narratives and build monumental projects with long-lasting impacts on cities and nations."-- Planning Perspectives " Spectacular Mexico is a work of noteworthy rigour, bound by way of the academic traditions of critical historiographic analysis, which ultimately offers a thoroughly detailed gaze into the historic fabric of mid-twentieth-century Mexico. "-- Journal of Architecture "In accessible and well-written prose, this is a complex and rich text that adds to the body of knowledge by positioning the multiple significances of modern architecture, design, and art within political culture and the state building and glorification of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. "-- Hispanic American Historical Review "A marvelous contribution to Mexico City's historiography. "-- H-Net/H-War "Luis M. Castaeda fills an important gap by. . . extending the list of architects and buildings much further than the traditional survey book. . . a rigorous analysis of the politics behind the design and construction of structures that helped define twentieth-century Mexico."-- Mexican Studies "Luis M. Castaeda quotes from numerous official memoranda highlighting the intricate connections between government officials and developers, and he writes in an eloquent, theoretically informed style that will make these materials accessible to scholars and students of architecture and urban studies who are not necessarily experts on Mexico or Latin America."-- Latin American Studies Association, "Castaneda makes an essential contribution by articulating the role that architecture and design, in all its variants, had in the expression, exertion of control, and propaganda of the midcentury Mexican state."-- CHOICE " Spectacular Mexico does a wonderful job at describing the complex history of the design and events leading to the 1968 Olympic Games."-- Journal of Design History " Spectacular Mexico is unparalleled in its capacity to educate and enlighten the design and planning professions about the importance of symbolism in the built environment, and about the capacity of architects, planners, and urban designers to construct meaningful narratives and build monumental projects with long-lasting impacts on cities and nations."-- Planning Perspectives " Spectacular Mexico is a work of noteworthy rigour, bound by way of the academic traditions of critical historiographic analysis, which ultimately offers a thoroughly detailed gaze into the historic fabric of mid-twentieth-century Mexico."-- Journal of Architecture "In accessible and well-written prose, this is a complex and rich text that adds to the body of knowledge by positioning the multiple significances of modern architecture, design, and art within political culture and the state building and glorification of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional."-- Hispanic American Historical Review "A marvelous contribution to Mexico City's historiography."-- H-Net/H-War "Luis M. Castaeda fills an important gap by. . . extending the list of architects and buildings much further than the traditional survey book. . . a rigorous analysis of the politics behind the design and construction of structures that helped define twentieth-century Mexico."-- Mexican Studies
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
720.97209046
Table Of Content
Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Exhibitionist State 1. Diplomatic Spectacles: Mexico Displays Itself at World's Fairs 2. Archaeologies of Power: Assembling the Museo Nacional de Antropología 3. Image Machines: Mexico '68's "Old" and "New" Sports Facilities 4. Total Design of an Olympic Metropolis 5. Subterranean Scenographies: Time Travel at the Mexico City Metro Epilogue: Olympic Afterlives Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
In the wake of its early twentieth-century civil wars, Mexico strove to present itself to the world as unified and prosperous. The preparation in Mexico City for the 1968 Summer Olympics was arguably the most ambitious of a sequence of design projects that aimed to signal Mexico's arrival in the developed world. In Spectacular Mexico, Luis M. Castañeda demonstrates how these projects were used to create a spectacle of social harmony and ultimately to guide the nation's capital into becoming the powerful megacity we know today. Not only the first Latin American country to host the Olympics, but also the first Spanish-speaking country, Mexico's architectural transformation was put on international display. From traveling exhibitions of indigenous archaeological artifacts to the construction of the Mexico City subway, Spectacular Mexico details how these key projects placed the nation on the stage of global capitalism and revamped its status as a modernized country. Surveying works of major architects such as Félix Candela, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Ricardo Legorreta, and graphic designer Lance Wyman, Castañeda illustrates the use of architecture and design as instruments of propaganda and nation branding. Forming a kind of "image economy," Mexico's architectural projects and artifacts were at the heart of the nation's economic growth and cultivated a new mass audience at an international level. Through an examination of one of the most important cosmopolitan moments in Mexico's history, Spectacular Mexico positions architecture as central to the negotiation of social, economic, and political relations., In the wake of its early twentieth-century civil wars, Mexico strove to present itself to the world as unified and prosperous. The preparation in Mexico City for the 1968 Summer Olympics was arguably the most ambitious of a sequence of design projects that aimed to signal Mexico's arrival in the developed world. In Spectacular Mexico , Luis M. Casta eda demonstrates how these projects were used to create a spectacle of social harmony and ultimately to guide the nation's capital into becoming the powerful megacity we know today. Not only the first Latin American country to host the Olympics, but also the first Spanish-speaking country, Mexico's architectural transformation was put on international display. From traveling exhibitions of indigenous archaeological artifacts to the construction of the Mexico City subway, Spectacular Mexico details how these key projects placed the nation on the stage of global capitalism and revamped its status as a modernized country. Surveying works of major architects such as F lix Candela, Pedro Ram rez V zquez, Ricardo Legorreta, and graphic designer Lance Wyman, Casta eda illustrates the use of architecture and design as instruments of propaganda and nation branding. Forming a kind of "image economy," Mexico's architectural projects and artifacts were at the heart of the nation's economic growth and cultivated a new mass audience at an international level. Through an examination of one of the most important cosmopolitan moments in Mexico's history, Spectacular Mexico positions architecture as central to the negotiation of social, economic, and political relations., In the wake of its early twentieth-century civil wars, Mexico strove to present itself to the world as unified and prosperous. The preparation in Mexico City for the 1968 Summer Olympics was arguably the most ambitious of a sequence of design projects that aimed to signal Mexico's arrival in the developed world. In "Spectacular Mexico," Luis M. Castaneda demonstrates how these projects were used to create a spectacle of social harmony and ultimately to guide the nation's capital into becoming the powerful megacity we know today.Not only the first Latin American country to host the Olympics, but also the first Spanish-speaking country, Mexico's architectural transformation was put on international display. From traveling exhibitions of indigenous archaeological artifacts to the construction of the Mexico City subway, "Spectacular Mexico" details how these key projects placed the nation on the stage of global capitalism and revamped its status as a modernized country. Surveying works of major architects such as Felix Candela, Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, Ricardo Legorreta, and graphic designer Lance Wyman, Castaneda illustrates the use of architecture and design as instruments of propaganda and nation branding.Forming a kind of "image economy," Mexico's architectural projects and artifacts were at the heart of the nation's economic growth and cultivated a new mass audience at an international level. Through an examination of one of the most important cosmopolitan moments in Mexico's history, "Spectacular Mexico" positions architecture as central to the negotiation of social, economic, and political relations.
LC Classification Number
NA4232.M48C37 2014
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- a***n (43)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (94)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.