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Images of Power: Iconography, Culture and the State in Latin America

Images of Power: Iconography, Culture and the State in Latin America

Andermann, Jens
Rowe, William

Hardcover

Series: Remapping Cultural History, Book 2

General Latin American HistoryGeneral SociologyArt & Popular Culture

ISBN10: 1571815333
ISBN13: 9781571815330
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Dec 1 2004
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. Furthermore, at the moment of its historical demise, the new, 'postmodern' forms of sovereignty appear to rely even more heavily on visual discourses of power. However, a critique of the iconography of the modern state-form has been missing. This volume is the first concerted attempt by cultural, historical and visual scholars to address the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America, in a comparative perspective spanning various regions and historical stages. The case studies are divided into four sections, analysing the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as a key icon of the state.

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