The optic of the state
Andermann, Jens
The optic of the state : Visuality and power in Argentina and Brazil / Jens Andermann - Pittsburgh . : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007 - xv, 256 p. :maps ; 25 cm. - Illuminations., Cultural formations of the Americas. .
Empires of nature : museums, science, and the politics of being --
Spectacles of sacrifice : inside the Brazilian anthropological exhibition --
Antiques and archives : finding a home for history --
Into the heart of the state : the Planalto Expedition --
An essay in segmentarity : the Desert Campaign --
Disappearing acts : photography and primitive accumulation.
Traces the production of nationalist imaginaries through the public visual representation of modern state formation in Brazil and Argentina. This work offers a critique of the visual aspects of national mythology. It also exposes how scientific and cultural institutions inscribed the state-form in time and space.
9780822959724
Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. :E/261, Shastri Nagar Delhi
Social Sciences
Culture & institutions
Museos -- Influencia -- Brasil.
Argentina -- Características nacionales.
Museos de Argentina.
Exposiciones de Brasil.
Iconografia.
306.209 AND
The optic of the state : Visuality and power in Argentina and Brazil / Jens Andermann - Pittsburgh . : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007 - xv, 256 p. :maps ; 25 cm. - Illuminations., Cultural formations of the Americas. .
Empires of nature : museums, science, and the politics of being --
Spectacles of sacrifice : inside the Brazilian anthropological exhibition --
Antiques and archives : finding a home for history --
Into the heart of the state : the Planalto Expedition --
An essay in segmentarity : the Desert Campaign --
Disappearing acts : photography and primitive accumulation.
Traces the production of nationalist imaginaries through the public visual representation of modern state formation in Brazil and Argentina. This work offers a critique of the visual aspects of national mythology. It also exposes how scientific and cultural institutions inscribed the state-form in time and space.
9780822959724
Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. :E/261, Shastri Nagar Delhi
Social Sciences
Culture & institutions
Museos -- Influencia -- Brasil.
Argentina -- Características nacionales.
Museos de Argentina.
Exposiciones de Brasil.
Iconografia.
306.209 AND
