The optic of the state : Visuality and power in Argentina and Brazil / Jens Andermann

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Andermann, Jens

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Andermann, Jens

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TextPublisher number: :Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. | :E/261, Shastri Nagar DelhiSeries: Illuminations., Cultural formations of the AmericasPublication details: Pittsburgh . : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007Description: xv, 256 p. :maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780822959724

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306.209 AND

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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