The Optic of the State: Visuality and Power in Argentina and Brazil

by Jens Andermann

The Optic of the State traces the production of nationalist imaginaries through the public visual representation of modern state formation in Brazil and Argentina. As Jens Andermann reveals, the foundational visions of national heritage, territory, and social and ethnic composition were conceived and implemented, but also disputed and contested, in a complex interplay between government, cultural, and scientific institutions and actors, as a means...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822959720
• ISBN13: 9780822959724
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"