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020 1137322489 (electronic bk.)
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100 1 Beal, Sophia,|d1982-,|eauthor
245 10 Brazil under construction :|bliterature and public works /
|cSophia Beal
264 1 New York :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2013
300 1 online resource
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490 1 New Directions in Latino American Cultures
504 Includes bibliographical references
505 0 An introduction to the fiction of public works --
Conquering the dark: literature, lighting, and public
space in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1900s -- The
spectacle of light: a public works company in southeastern
Brazil (1906-71) -- Brasilia: the real and promised city
in 1960s Brazilian literature -- Fiction and massive
public works during the Brazilian military regime (1964-
85) -- Sao Paulo's failed public works in Ferrez's Capuo
pecado and Luiz Ruffatois eles eram muitos cavalos
520 "Brazil under Construction: Fiction and Public Works"
explores how Brazil invested in ambitious construction
projects throughout the twentieth century, such as the
creation of a new capital city, extensive networks of
highways, and hydroelectric power plants. Beyond their
practical purposes, these public works became significant
symbols of Brazil's modernity. While actual public works
literally connected the nation, it was the government's
representations of these projects that sought to inspire
in Brazil's citizenry a notion of connectedness and
progress. However, Brazilian fiction exposes the tensions
between infrastructure built for the common good and the
underbelly of public works: displacement, environmental
devastation, uneven access, exploitation, and blight. This
book examines how writers successfully use fiction - with
its mystery, contradiction, wordplay, and fantasy - to
engage the unprecedented role of public works in shaping
perceptions of Brazil's modernization
588 Description based on print version record
650 0 Brazilian literature|xHistory and criticism
650 0 Public works|zBrazil
650 7 LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese
|2bisacsh
655 4 Electronic books
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBeal, Sophia, 1982-|tBrazil under
construction|z9781137322470|w(DLC) 2013010457
|w(OCoLC)840937185
830 0 New directions in Latino American cultures
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