Expo 67
Subtitle: not just a souvenir
By: edited by Rhona Richman Kenneally and Johanne Sloan
Series: Cultural spaces; Cultural spaces
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780802097088; 9780802096494
Subjects: Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)
Description: "Expo 67, the world's fair held in Montreal during the summer of 1967, brought architecture, art, design, and technology together into a glittering modern package. Heralding the ideal city of the future to its visitors, the Expo site was perceived by critics as a laboratory for urban and architectural design as well as for cultural exchange, intended to enhance global understanding and international cooperation. This collection of essays brings new critical perspectives to Expo 67, an event that left behind a significant material and imaginative legacy.

The contributors to this volume reflect a variety of interdisciplinary approaches and address Expo 67 across a broad spectrum ranging from architecture and film to more ephemeral markers such as postcards, menus, pavilion displays, or the uniforms of the hostesses employed on the site. Collectively, the essays explore issues of nationalism, the interplay of tradition and modernity, twentieth-century discourse about urban experience, and the enduring impact of Expo 67's technological experimentation. Expo 67: Not Just a Souvenir is a compelling examination of a world's fair that had a profound impact locally, nationally, and internationally."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Introduction : dusting off the souvenir  -- Rhona Richman Kenneally and Johanne Sloan; title: "The greatest dining extravaganza in Canada's history : food, nationalism, and authenticity at Expo 67  -- Rhona Richman Kenneally; title: "Britain Today" at Expo 67  -- Elizabeth Darling; title: "Une terre humaine" : Expo 67, Canadian women, and Chatelaine/Châtelaine  -- Eva-Marie Kröller; title: Obsolescence as progress and regression : technology, temporality, and architecture at Expo 67  -- Tom McDonough; title: Ambiguous modernity of designer Julien Hébert  -- Martin Racine; title: Girl watching at Expo 67  -- Aurora Wallace; title: Into the Labyrinth : phantasmagoria at Expo 67  -- Ben Highmore; title: Christian Pavilion at Expo 67 : notes from Charles Gagnon's archive  -- Monika Kin Gagnon; title: Andy Warhol at Expo 67 : pop in and pop out  -- Jean-François Côté; title: Postcards from the chromophilic visual culture of Expo 67  -- Johanne Sloan; title: Montréal and the megastructure, ca 1967  -- Inderbir Singh Riar; title: Brian Jungen : Habitat 04  -- Kitty Scott; title: Tabloid expo  -- Will Straw; title: Contributors.