The modernist city: an anthropological critique of Brasilia
1990; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 27; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.27-5821
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Urban Development and Societal Issues
ResumoThe utopian design and organization of Brasilia-the modernist new capital of Brazil-were meant to transform Brazilian society. In this sophisticated, pioneering study of Brasilia from its inception in 1957 to the present, James Holston analyzes this attempt to change society by building a new kind of city and the ways in which the paradoxes of constructing an imagined future subvert its utopian premises. Integrating anthropology with methods of analysis from architecture, urban studies, social history, and critical theory, Holston presents a critique of modernism based on a powerfully innovative ethnography of the city.
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