Spectacle and Topophilia: Reading Early Modern and Postmodern Hispanic Cultures

(Part of the Hispanic Issues Series)

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This volume explores the intersection between theories of the modern spectacle--from Jose Antonio Maravall's conceptualization of the spectacular culture of the baroque to the Frankfurt School's theorization of mass culture, to Baudrillard's notion of the simulacrum, to Guy Debord's understanding of the society of the spectacle--and the findings of the emerging fields of urban studies, landscape studies, and, generally speaking, studies of space.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0826518176

ISBN13:9780826518170

Release Date:March 2012

Publisher:Vanderbilt University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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