Errant Modernism - The Ethos of Photography in Mexico and Brazil

Informationen zum Autor Esther Gabara Klappentext Examines photographs, mixed media essays, and experimental literature from two of the most influential modernist avant-garde movements in Latin America, proposing a theory of modernism that addresses the intersection of ethics and aesthetics. Zusammenfassung Examines photographs! mixed media essays! and experimental literature from Mexico and Brazil. This illustrated study introduces the concept of a modernist 'ethos' to illuminate the intertwining of aesthetic innovation and ethical concerns in the work of leading Brazilian and Mexican literary figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Landscape: Errant Modernist Aesthetics in Brazil 36 2. Portraiture: Facing Brazilian Primitivism 75 3. Mediation: Mass Culture, Popular Culture, Modernism 120 4. Essay: Las Bellas Artes Públicas, Photography, and Gender in Mexico 143 5. Fiction: Photographic Fictions, Fictional Photographs 196 Epilogue 240 Notes 261 Bibliography 319 Index 345

Product details

• Authors: Ester Gabara, Esther Gabara
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9780822343400
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4340-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous