Brazil under Construction [electronic resource] : Fiction and Public Works /
Beal, S.author.
Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood.
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.
Literature   .
Ethnology—Latin America.
Social policy.
Civilization—History.
Latin America—Politics and government.
Public administration.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Latin American Culture.
Social Policy.
Cultural History.
Latin American Politics.
Public Administration.