03097nam a22003977a 4500 pucpr 20220908164208.0 210802s2022 ctuaoe 001 0 eng 9780300254563 (hardcover) pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA2400 N49 2022 23 720.980747471 del Real, Patricio, Constructing Latin America : architecture, politics, and race at the museum of modern art. / Patricio del Real. txt New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022. xi, 306 pages : ; ill. ; photo. ; maps ; col. ; 26 cm book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes bibliographical references and index. Chapter 1 Philip Johnson versus Diego Rivera and the Battle for an American Interior -- Chapter 2 Fighting for the “New Architecture” in Mexico -- Chapter 3 Brazil Builds and the Search for a “Latin American Spirit" -- Chapter 4 Our Man in MoMA: René d' Harnoncourt, the “Mixed-Blood,” and the "Cholo” -- Chapter 5 Emergent Civilizations: U.S. “Urban Jungles” and Latin American "Weak Forms” -- Chapter 6 Henry-Russell Hitchcock Takes Latin America to the Brink -- Chapter 7 Latin America Takes Command -- In the interwar period and immediately following World War II, the U.S. government promoted the vision of a modern, progressive, and democratic Latin America and worked to cast the region as a partner in the fight against fascism and communism. This effort was bolstered by the work and products of many institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Using modern architecture to imagine a Latin America under postwar U.S. leadership, MoMA presented blockbuster shows, including Brazil Builds (1943) and Latin American Architecture since 1945 (1955), that deployed racially coded aesthetics and emphasized the confluence of "Americanness" and "modernity" in a globalizing world. Delving into the heated debates of the period and presenting never-before-published internal documents and photos from the museum and the Nelson A. Rockefeller archives, Patricio del Real is the first to fully address MoMA's role in U.S. cultural imperialism and its consequences through its exhibitions on Latin American art and architecture. 299636 Museum of Modern Art Exhibitions. New York, N.Y. 299636 Museum of Modern Art New York, N.Y. 299637 Imperialism and architecture 54081 Architecture Exhibitions Latin America 54081 Architecture Political aspects United States 94045 Exhibitions Political aspects United States 54081 Architecture 54081 Architecture Political aspects 94045 Exhibitions Political aspects 294010 Latin America 293958 United States lcc 6 NA2400 General N49 2022 298904 298904 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2022-08-08 GOBI 59.66 0 General NA2400 N49 2022 91000000068106 2022-09-08 00:00:00 1 69.66 2022-08-08 6