Copublished with the Institute of International Visual Arts, London. This anthology, edited by Cuban art historian and critic Gerardo Mosquera, offers a wide selection of writings by some of the most important cultural theoreticians of contemporary Latin America. Together they comprise a distinctive corpus of new theoretical discourses, critical of modernity and solidly and pragmatically anti-utopian. The collection balances traditional and popular aesthetic-symbolic production as well as Afro- and Indo-American presences ...
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Copublished with the Institute of International Visual Arts, London. This anthology, edited by Cuban art historian and critic Gerardo Mosquera, offers a wide selection of writings by some of the most important cultural theoreticians of contemporary Latin America. Together they comprise a distinctive corpus of new theoretical discourses, critical of modernity and solidly and pragmatically anti-utopian. The collection balances traditional and popular aesthetic-symbolic production as well as Afro- and Indo-American presences in the visual arts, and covers the whole of the Americans, including the Caribbean and the United States.Contributors: M???(R)(c)???a Amor. Pierre E. Bocquet. Gustavo Buntinx. Luis Camnitzer. N???3???or Garc??? Canclini. Ticio Escobar. Andrea Giunta. Guillermo G???- ???-Pe???(R) Paulo Herkenhoff. Mirko Lauer. Celeste Olalquiaga. Gabriel Peluffo Linari. Carolina Ponce de Le???(R)(R) Mari Carmen Ram??? z. Nelly Richard. Tom???3 Ybarra-Frausto. George Y?.
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Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" USA) with label of MIT press but inIVA imprint to the copyright page. Three phrases are underlined in pen to page 91, no other markings, otherwsie Very Good. Wraps, 343pp, glossary, colour plates, B&W illus. This book brings together a selection on influential essays that have informed critical discourse on the visual arts in Latin America. (2.6 JM LVR 201/b1.