Dictator's dreamscape : how architecture and vision built Machado's Cuba and invented modern Havana / Joseph R. Hartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartman, Joseph R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machado y Morales, Gerardo, 1871-1939--Art patronage.

Machado y Morales, Gerardo.

Public architecture--Cuba--Havana--History--20th century.

Public architecture.

Architecture--Political aspects--Cuba--Havana--History--20th century.

Architecture.

Nationalism and architecture--Cuba--Havana--History--20th century.

Nationalism and architecture.

Havana (Cuba)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Havana (Cuba).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Joseph Hartman focuses on the public works campaign of Cuban president, and later dictator, Gerardo Machado. Political histories often condemn Machado as a US-puppet dictator, overthrown in a labor revolt and popular revolution in 1933. Architectural histories tend to catalogue his regime's public works as derivatives of US and European models. Dictator's Dreamscape reassesses the regime's public works program as a highly nuanced visual project embedded in centuries-old representations of Cuba alongside wider debates on the nature of art and architecture in general, especially in regards to globalization and the spread of US-style consumerism. The cultural production overseen by Machado gives a fresh and greatly broadened perspective on his regime's accomplishments, failures, and crimes. The book addresses the regime's architectural program as a visual and architectonic response to debates over Cuban national identity, US imperialism, and Machado's own cult of personality"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822986492

0822986493