Spectacle and Topophilia: Reading Early Modern and Postmodern Hispanic Cultures - Paperback

by David R. Castillo (Editor)

This volume explores the intersection between theories of the modern spectaclefrom Jose Antonio Maravall's conceptualization of the spectacular culture of the baroque to the Frankfurt School's theorization of mass culture, to Baudrillard's notion of the simulacrum, to Guy Debord's understanding of the society of the spectacleand the findings of the emerging fields of urban studies, landscape studies, and, generally speaking, studies of space.

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Significant places and spaces, from Granada and Catalonia to Buenos Aires and the Chicago Columbian Exposition

Author Biography

Bradley J. Nelson is Associate Professor and Chair of Classics, Modern Languages, and Linguistics at Concordia University in Montreal.

David R. Castillo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University at Buffalo.