Constructing and resisting modernity : Madrid 1900-1936 / Susan Larson.

Author
Larson, Susan, 1968- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Orlando, Florida ; Madrid, Spain : Iberoamericana Vervuert Publishing : Iberoamericana, [2011]
  • ©2011
Description
1 online resource (205 p.)

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Series
  • Casa de la riqueza. Estudios de la cultura de España ; 20. [More in this series]
  • La Casa de la Riqueza. Estudios de la Cultura de España ; 20
Summary note
This book studies the urban spaces imagined by the technocrats who had the power to shape Madrid between 1900 and 1936 and relates them to the fiction of authors who responded by creating utopian and dystopian narratives.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
In English.
Contents
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • CHAPTER I. Modern Madrid as Force and Form
  • CHAPTER II. Building Modern Madrid
  • CHAPTER III. Entering Modernity with Carmen de Burgos
  • CHAPTER IV. José Díaz Fernández's La Venus mecánica: Modern Fashion and Gendered Spaces
  • CHAPTER V. Madrid Goes to Hollywood: Andrés Carranque de Ríos's Cinematógrafo
  • Conclusions
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • List of Illustrations
OCLC
  • 868912265
  • 992041082
Doi
  • 10.31819/9783954870431
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