Cultural History of Rio de Janeiro After 1889
Subtitle: Glorious Decadence
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783319312002
Subjects: City and town life; Popular culture; Architecture, brazil; Brazilian literature; Brazil, civilization
Description: "This book studies architecture and literature of Rio de Janeiro, the "Marvellous City," from the revolution of 1889 to the Olympics of 2016, taking the reader on a journey through the history of the city. This study offers a wide-ranging and thought-provoking insight that moves from ruins to Modernism, from the past to the future, from futebol to fiction, and from beach to favela, to uncover the surprising feature--decadence--at the heart of this unique and seemingly timeless urban world. An innovative and in-depth study of buildings, books, and characters in the city's modern history, this fundamental new work sets the reader in the glorious world of Rio de Janeiro." --Publisher's website.