I speak of the city
Subtitle: Mexico City at the turn of the twentieth century
By: Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780226792712
Subjects: Social conditions; History
Description: In this dazzling multidisciplinary tour of Mexico City, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo focuses on the period 1880 to 1940, the decisive decades that shaped the city into what it is today. Through a kaleidoscope of expository forms, I Speak of the City connects the realms of literature, architecture, music, popular language, art, and public health to investigate the city in a variety of contexts: as a living history textbook, as an expression of the state, as a modernist capital, as a laboratory, and as language. Tenorio's formal imagination allows the reader to revel in the free-flowing richness of his narratives, opening startling new vistas onto the urban experience. From art to city planning, from epidemiology to poetry, this book challenges the conventional wisdom about both Mexico City and the turn-of-the-century world to which it belonged. And by engaging directly with the rise of modernism and the cultural experiences of such personalities as Hart Crane, Mina Loy, and Diego Rivera, I Speak of the City will find an enthusiastic audience across the disciplines. -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Right around 1910; title: On 1910 and the city of the centennial; title: On 1910 contrasts: Washington and Mexico City; title: Interiors; title: 1919; title: In and around 1919 Mexico City; title: The brown Atlantis; title: Transparency; title: Odalisque-mania; title: Japan; title: India; title: Science and city; title: Science and the city, stories from the sidewalk; title: On lice, rats, and Mexicans; title: Language; title: Whispers; title: The street muse.