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City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito (Pitt Latin American Series)
Ernesto Capello
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Paperback. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
In the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito as the \u201cnew Rome.\u201d It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants, the origin of crusades into the surrounding wilderness, and the purveyor of civilization to the entire region. By the early twentieth century, elites envisioned the city as the heart of a modern, advanced society—poised at the physical and metaphysical centers of the world.
In this original cultural history, Ernesto Capello analyzes the formation of memory, myth, and modernity through the eyes of QuitoÆs diverse populations. By employing Mikhail BakhtinÆs concept of chronotopes, Capello views ... Read more
In the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito as the \u201cnew Rome.\u201d It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants, the origin of crusades into the surrounding wilderness, and the purveyor of civilization to the entire region. By the early twentieth century, elites envisioned the city as the heart of a modern, advanced society—poised at the physical and metaphysical centers of the world.
In this original cultural history, Ernesto Capello analyzes the formation of memory, myth, and modernity through the eyes of QuitoÆs diverse populations. By employing Mikhail BakhtinÆs concept of chronotopes, Capello views ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Series
Pitt Latin American Series
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822961666
SKU
V9780822961666
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About Ernesto Capello
Ernesto Capello is assistant professor of history at Macalester College.
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