MAGALI TERCERO
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264461
- eISBN:
- 9780191734625
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264461.003.0008
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter presents powerful images and accounts that chronicle contemporary urban life in Mexico. The images discussed were captured by the photographer Maya Goded. These photographs and ...
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This chapter presents powerful images and accounts that chronicle contemporary urban life in Mexico. The images discussed were captured by the photographer Maya Goded. These photographs and narratives chronicle the desolation of death, the world of the child and the bleak world of prostitution. In addition to these, the woman’s prison, the attractions of lucha libre (masked wrestling), the national lottery and games of chance, and the mass rallies of the Zapatistas, are painted vibrantly through chronicles and accounts. In these chronicles and photographs, the theme of poverty and the failure of the government to address the needs of the marginalized people form the unifying voice of these accounts. Prostitution, wrestling and the lottery became means for the people to escape poverty and the humdrum of everyday lives marked with difficulties. And the mistreatment of children, the trafficking of the rights of women in prisons and the lack of systematic identification of the victims of death reflect the failure of the government to produce laws and services that protect its people. However, despite the bleakness of the photographs and the chronicles presented herein, they nevertheless reflect the resilience of the Mexicans in surviving the challenges of life despite the feeling of being marginalized.Less
This chapter presents powerful images and accounts that chronicle contemporary urban life in Mexico. The images discussed were captured by the photographer Maya Goded. These photographs and narratives chronicle the desolation of death, the world of the child and the bleak world of prostitution. In addition to these, the woman’s prison, the attractions of lucha libre (masked wrestling), the national lottery and games of chance, and the mass rallies of the Zapatistas, are painted vibrantly through chronicles and accounts. In these chronicles and photographs, the theme of poverty and the failure of the government to address the needs of the marginalized people form the unifying voice of these accounts. Prostitution, wrestling and the lottery became means for the people to escape poverty and the humdrum of everyday lives marked with difficulties. And the mistreatment of children, the trafficking of the rights of women in prisons and the lack of systematic identification of the victims of death reflect the failure of the government to produce laws and services that protect its people. However, despite the bleakness of the photographs and the chronicles presented herein, they nevertheless reflect the resilience of the Mexicans in surviving the challenges of life despite the feeling of being marginalized.
Christopher Innes
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300108040
- eISBN:
- 9780300129557
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300108040.003.0010
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter illustrates the American city as the dominating symbol of modern life, with Manhattan becoming its most powerful image during the twentieth century. Highways, as Bel Geddes's 1939 ...
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This chapter illustrates the American city as the dominating symbol of modern life, with Manhattan becoming its most powerful image during the twentieth century. Highways, as Bel Geddes's 1939 Futurama predicted, have carved through the continental landscape, but nowhere is the impact of cars more obvious than in the modern metropolis. Bel Geddes's involvement in automobile design made him, from the beginning, particularly sensitive to the kind of urban planning cities required. Even if he never drew up specific layouts for New York, Bel Geddes was extraordinarily influential in shaping its development. He may not have been personally involved in its development plans, yet the way Manhattan looks today is a direct reflection of his ideas.Less
This chapter illustrates the American city as the dominating symbol of modern life, with Manhattan becoming its most powerful image during the twentieth century. Highways, as Bel Geddes's 1939 Futurama predicted, have carved through the continental landscape, but nowhere is the impact of cars more obvious than in the modern metropolis. Bel Geddes's involvement in automobile design made him, from the beginning, particularly sensitive to the kind of urban planning cities required. Even if he never drew up specific layouts for New York, Bel Geddes was extraordinarily influential in shaping its development. He may not have been personally involved in its development plans, yet the way Manhattan looks today is a direct reflection of his ideas.
