City/Art: The Urban Scene in Latin America Book

Contents

Acknowledgments....................1
PART 1 URBAN DESIGNS....................37
Néstor García Canclini, What is a City?....................61
Adrián Gorelik, Buenos Aires is (Latin) America, Too....................85
PART 2 STREET SIGNS....................115
Nelly Richard, City, Art, Politics....................127
Marcy Schwartz, The Writing on the Wall: Urban Cultural Studies and the Power of Aesthetics....................145
José Quiroga, Miami Remake....................165
PART 3 TRAFFIC....................185
Hugo Achugar, On Maps and Malls....................211
George Yúdice, Culture-Based Urban Development in Rio de Janeiro....................233
Nelson Brissac Peixoto, Latin American Megacities: The New Urban Formlessness....................251
Bibliography....................267
Contributors....................271