Politics of architecture in contemporary Argentine cinema / Amanda Holmes.
Holmes, Amanda, 1972- author.
2017
PN1993.5.A7 H65 2017eb
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Title
Politics of architecture in contemporary Argentine cinema / Amanda Holmes.
Author
Holmes, Amanda, 1972- author.
ISBN
9783319551913 (electronic book)
3319551914 (electronic book)
9783319551906
3319551906
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55191-3
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-55191-3 doi
Call Number
PN1993.5.A7 H65 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.430982
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Hispanic urban studies.
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Chapter 1. Introduction. History of Argentine architecture and filmmaking ; Architecture in Argentine film ; References
Chapter 2. Pizza birra faso: buildings of hierarchy and exclusion. Downtown Buenos Aires ; Buildings of entertainment ; Outdoor designs ; References
Chapter 3. Machinations of urban development and the construction industry in Mundo grúa. Machines and human experience ; Argentina under construction ; References
Chapter 4. Properties of glass in Nueve reinas. Familiar architecture ; Globalized designs ; References
Chapter 5. The Hotel Termas in La niña santa: unstable frames and open boundaries. The historic referent of the Hotel Termas. Surface and depth ; Frames and boundaries ; References
Chapter 6. Paper architecture and totalitarian propaganda in La antena. Paper architecture and the metropolis intertext ; Political buildings ; References
Chapter 7. The architectural promenade and the cinematic window in El hombre de al lado. The Curutchet House ; The filmic walk through the Curutchet House ; The cinematic window ; References
Chapter 8. Conclusion ; References
Bibliography
Index.

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