I Speak of the City : Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico City (Mexico)--History.

Mexico City (Mexico).

Mexico City (Mexico)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (529 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this dazzling multidisciplinary tour of Mexico City, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo focuses on the period 1880 to 1940, the decisive decades that shaped the city into what it is today. Through a kaleidoscope of expository forms, I Speak of the City connects the realms of literature, architecture, music, popular language, art, and public health to investigate the city in a variety of contexts: as a living history textbook, as an expression of the state, as a modernist capital, as a laboratory, and as language. Tenorio's formal imagination allows the reader to revel in the free-flowing richness of his narratives, opening startling new vistas onto the urban experience. From art to city planning, from epidemiology to poetry, this book challenges the conventional wisdom about both Mexico City and the turn-of-the-century world to which it belonged. And by engaging directly with the rise of modernism and the cultural experiences of such personalities as Hart Crane, Mina Loy, and Diego Rivera, I Speak of the City will find an enthusiastic audience across the disciplines.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translations

Introduction

Part I. Right Around 1910 . . .

Part II. 1919

Part III. The Brown Atlantis

Part IV. Odalisque-Mania

Part V. Science and City

Part VI. Language

Final Word

Notes

Archives Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226792736

0226792730

OCLC:

1050542883