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Mexico City through history and culture / edited by Linda A. Newson & John P. King.
- Title
- Mexico City through history and culture / edited by Linda A. Newson & John P. King.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2009.
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- Description
- xiii, 137 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- These essays celebrate Mexico City as a centre of cultural creativity, diversity and dynamism, trace its history from the founding of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan to the present day, and explore how the varied experiences of its inhabitants have been represented in poetry, film, and photography. Looking at the pre-Columbian city, colonial city and modern city, contributors show how Mexico City has grown organically, largely developed by waves of immigrants with new ideas and aspirations. While they have often envisioned the city in new ways, they have been unable to escape totally its historical past, and indeed at times have positively embraced it to serve contemporary political ends. As the city has grown, what it symbolizes to its inhabitants and how they experience the city has become fragmented by social class and ethnicity. There is not one Mexico City, but many. -- Description from http://www.booktopia.com.au (Feb. 7, 2012).
- Series Statement
- British Academy occasional paper ; 13
- Uniform Title
- British Academy occasional paper ; 13.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Mexico City : space to mourn, time to spend / Carlos Monsiváis -- The pre-Columbian city : Tenochtitlan : the first Mexico City / Warwick Bray -- The colonial city : imperial Mexico : the viceregal capital / D.A. Brading -- The modern city : from the Reforma-Peralvillo to the Torre Bicentenario : the clash of 'history' and 'progress' in the urban development of modern Mexico City / Diane E. Davis -- The poetic city : from the consecration to the degradation of spring : the poet in the street / Vicente Quirarte -- The cinematic city : a city created by film : Mexico City in movies, 1977-2007 / Hugo Lara Chávez -- The photographic city : a city heading in the opposite direction / Magali Tercero.
- ISBN
- 9780197264461
- 0197264468
- LCCN
- 2009455699
- OCLC
- 294886697
- SCSB-10938449
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library