Transculturation : cities, spaces and architectures in Latin America / txt
edited by Felipe Hernández, Mark Millington and Iain Borden.
- xxv, 253 p. ill. 24 cm. book
- Critical studies vol. 27 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Transcultural architectures in Latin America / Felipe Hernández -- Reconfiguring the Caribbean's sense of place : from fixed identity to fluid hybridity / Monika Kaup and Robert Mugerauer -- The construction of home in the informal city / Peter Kellett -- From Austin, Texas to Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala and back again / Jane Rendell -- Changing perceptions of national identity in Brazilian art and modern architecture / Michael Asbury -- Chopin to the electric chair! The Mexican avant-garde and the revolutionised city / Luis Carrranza -- Landscapes of confusion : the urban imaginaries of Néstor García Canclini and Kevin Lynch / Anny Brooksbank-Jones -- Colonising the land : Heimat and the constructed landscapes of Mexico's Ciudad Universitaria (1943-1953) / Helen Thomas -- Translation theory and translational architectures : reading between history, architecture and cultural theory / Felipe Hernández -- Cement and multiculturalism / Adrian Forty -- Syncretism, wonder and memory in the work of Rogelio Salmona / Ricardo L. Castro -- Niemeyer's casino and the misdeeds of Brazilian architecture / Carlos Eduardo Dias Comas -- Trope of the tropics : the baroque in modern Brazilian architecture, 1940-1950 / Sandra Vivanco -- Transculturation : taking stock / Mark Millington.