cities, spaces and architectures in Latin America /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Felipe Hernández, Mark Millington and Iain Borden.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rodopi,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xxv, 253 pages) :
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illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Critical studies ;
Volume Designation
vol. 27
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword; Introduction: Transcultural Architectures in Latin America; Section One: Space, Place and Identity; Section Two: Re-Viewing the City; Section Three: Theorising Architectures; Conclusion; Contributors; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Transculturation: Cities, Spaces and Architectures in Latin America explores thecritical potential inherent in the notion of "transculturation" in order to understand contemporary architectural practices and their cultural realities in Latin America. Despite its enormous theoretical potential and its importance within Latin American cultural theory, the term transculturation had never permeated into architectural debates. In fact, none of the main architectural theories produced in and about Latin America during the second half of the twentieth century engaged seriously with this notion as a w.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.