Modernity in Black and White: Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890-1945

ISBN-13: 9781108481908 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 282 str.

Rafael Cardoso

Opis

In his first single-authored English-language work, Rafael Cardoso offers a re-evaluation of modern art and modernism in Brazil.

Recenzje

'… destined to become a classic in the historiography of Brazilian cultural modernity.' Christopher Dunn, Published in Journal: Afro-Ásia

Spis treści

Introduction. Ambiguous modernities and alternate modernisms; 1. Heart of darkness in the bosom of the modern metropolis: favelas, race and barbarity; 2. A pagan festival for the up to date: art, bohemianism and carnival; 3. The printing of modern life: a new art for a new century; 4. The cosmopolitan savage: modernism, primitivism and the anthropophagic descent; 5. The face of the land: depicting 'real' Brazilians under Vargas; Epilogue. Images of a culture at war with itself.