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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Susan, 1968- author.

Series:

Casa de la riqueza. Estudios de la cultura de España ; 20.

La Casa de la Riqueza. Estudios de la Cultura de España ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--History--Madrid--Spain--20th century.

City planning.

Urbanization--History--Spain--Madrid--20th century.

Urbanization.

Popular culture--History--Spain--Madrid--20th century.

Popular culture.

Madrid (Spain)--History--20th century.

Madrid (Spain).

Madrid (Spain)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Madrid (España)--Historia--Siglo 20.

Local Subjects:

Madrid (España)--Historia--Siglo 20.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Orlando, Florida ; Madrid, Spain : Iberoamericana Vervuert Publishing : Iberoamericana, [2011]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783954870431

OCLC:

868912265