City at the Center of the World - Space, History, and Modernity in Quito

Analyses the formation of memory, myth, and modernity through the eyes of Quito's diverse populations. By employing Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of chronotopes, Capello views the configuration of time and space in narratives that defined Quito's identity and its place in the world. To Capello, these tropes began to crystallize at the end of the nineteenth century, serving as a tool for distinct groups who laid claim to history for economic or political gain during the upheavals of modernism.

About the author

Ernesto Capello is assistant professor of history at Macalester College.

Summary

By the early twentieth century, elites envisioned the city as the heart of a modern, advanced society—poised at the physical and metaphysical centers of the world. In this original cultural history, Ernesto Capello analyzes the formation of memory, myth, and modernity through the eyes of QuitoÆs diverse populations.

Product details

• Authors: Ernesto Capello
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2011
• EAN: 9780822961666
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6166-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American Studies; Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous