Aesthetics and the Revolutionary City

Real and Imagined Havana

James Clifford Kent (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 226 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-64029-7 (ISBN)

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Aesthetics and the Revolutionary City engages in alternative ways of reading foreign visual representations of Havana through analysis of advertising images, documentary films, and photographic texts. It explores key narratives relating to the projection of different Havana imaginaries and focuses on a range of themes including: pre-revolutionary Cuba; the dream of revolution; and the metaphor of the city "frozen-in-time." The book also synthesizes contemporary debates regarding the notion of Havana as a real and imagined city space and fleshes out its theoretical insights with a series of stand-alone, important case studies linked to the representation of the Cuban capital in the Western imaginary. The interpretations in the book bring into focus a range of critical historical moments in Cuban history (including the Cuban Revolution and the "Special Period") and consider the ways in which they have been projected in advertising, documentary film and photography outside the island.

James Clifford Kent is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

1. Introduction: Real and Imagined Havana.- 2. Mapping the City: Walker Evans in Havana.- 3. Burt Glinn, Magnum Photos and the Cuban Revolution.- 4. David Bailey's Havana and the "Post-Special Period" Photobook.- 5. Advertising the City: "Nothing Compares to Havana".- 6. Buena Vista Social Club's Afterimage.- 7. The Music Film and the City: Our Manics in Havana.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Studies of the Americas
Zusatzinfo	XI, 226 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	442 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Buena Vista Social Club • City • Cuba • Cuban Revolution • Cultural Studies • Havana • Imagined space • International Relations • International Relations Theory • Latin American culture • LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS • lived space • photography • Photography & photographs • Photography & photographs • Political Science and International Studies • politics & government • Politics & government • popular culture • Sociology • South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin • South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin • Urban • Urban communities • Urban Studies/Sociology • Visual Culture
ISBN-10	3-319-64029-1 / 3319640291
ISBN-13	978-3-319-64029-7 / 9783319640297
Zustand	Neuware