• Capital in a void: modernist myths of Brasilia

    Author(s):
    Pedro P. Palazzo (see profile) , Luciana Saboia
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Brazilians--Social life and customs
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Brasilia, Bus station, Void, Modernism, Brazilian culture
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/14x5-g416
    Abstract:
    Brasilia, the first Modernist World Heritage site, has been entitled to its own hagiography in Brazilian and international scholarship. In this paper we investigated how the discourses on the city can be understood in terms of a tripartite mythical structure comprising a tale of origins embodied in its design, that of a heroic construction, and a millennial discourse around its development. As evidenced in the city’s central bus station, this narrative opposes an originating void and the persistence of this emptiness throughout the urban evolution.
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    Publisher:
    IASTE
    Pub. Date:
    2012
    Journal:
    IASTE working paper series
    Volume:
    239
    Issue:
    Modernism Unbound: Myths, Practices, and Policies
    Page Range:
    23 - 38
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    1 year ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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