São Paulo : perspectives on the city and cultural production / David William Foster.

Author
Foster, David William [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2011.
Description
vii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    David Foster brings an intense curiosity and lifelong familiarity to his examination of the cultural tapestry of São Paulo, the largest city in South America and the second largest in Latin America.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: São Paulo, Brazilian megacity
    • Mário de Andrade: on being São Paulo-wise in Paulicéia Desvairada
    • The feminization of social space in Patrícia Galvão's Parque industrial
    • Appendix: Patrícia Galvão: the private autobiography of a Brazilian feminist writer
    • Downtown in São Paulo with Hildegard Rosenthal's camera
    • Saudades do Brasil: Claude Levi-Strauss's photographic gaze on the city of São Paulo
    • Films by day and films by night in São Paulo
    • Madalena Schwartz: a Jewish Brazilian photographer
    • Days and nights at the Copan:Regina Rheda's Arca sem Nóe
    • Trekking the urban: Eduardo Emílio Fenianos's Expedic̜ões urbenauta; São Paulo, uma aventura radical
    • Drawing São Paulo: the graphic fiction of Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
    • Conclusion.
    ISBN
    • 9780813036656 ((alk. paper))
    • 0813036658 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2010054049
    OCLC
    666240008
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