Holmes Politics of Architecture in Contemporary Argentine Cinema

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-55191-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Hispanic Urban Studies

This book considers how architectural landmarks, imagined buildings and urban landscapes take part in the production of meaning in contemporary Argentine cinema. From the iconic Buenos Aires Obelisk to the Hilton International Hotel, the shopping center to the café and the Le Corbusier-designed Curutchet House to the gated community, architecture in these films evokes the political. Tracing architecture’s expression through six films produced since the 1990s— Pizza birra faso , Mundo grúa , Nueve reinas, La niña santa, La antena and El hombre de al lado —Amanda Holmes studies how architecture in cinema elicits political memory, underscores marginalization and class discrepancies, creates nostalgia for neighborhoods and re-evaluates existing communities. Generously illustrated and carefully researched, the book offers an in-depth reading of key contemporary Argentine films and a fresh architectural approach to film analysis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holmes, Amanda

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2.  Pizza birra faso : Buildings of Hierarchy and Exclusion.- 3. Machinations of Urban Development and The Construction Industry an  Mundo grúa .- 4. Properties of Glass in  Nueve reinas .- 5. The Hotel Termas in  La niña santa : Unstable Frames and Open Boundaries.- 6. Paper Architecture and Totalitarian Propaganda in  La antena .- 7. The Architectural Promenade and the Cinematic Window in  El hombre de al lado .- 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Amanda Holmes is Associate Professor of Latin American literature and film at McGill University, Canada. She is author of City Fictions: Language, Body and Spanish American Urban Space (2007) and co-editor of Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America (2010).