The Optic of the State - Visuality and Power in Argentina and Brazil

Traces the production of nationalist imaginaries through the public visual representation of modern state formation in Brazil and Argentina. The purpose of these imaginaries was to vindicate political upheavals and secure the viability of the newly independent states through a sense of historic destiny and inevitable evolution. The visions of national heritage, territory, and social and ethnic composition were conceived in a complex interplay between government, cultural and scientific institutions, as a means of propagating political agendas and power throughout the emerging states.

About the author

Jens Andermann is reader in Latin American and Luso-Brazilian Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the coeditor of Images of Power: Iconography, Culture and the State in Latin America.

Summary

The Optic of the State traces the production of nationalist imaginaries through the public visual representation of modern state formation in Brazil and Argentina.

Product details

• Authors: Jens Andermann
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2007
• EAN: 9780822959724
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5972-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 232 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Series: Illuminations: Cultural Format; Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas; Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas; Illuminations; Illuminations: Cultural Format
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education