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The Optic of the State traces the production of nationalist imaginaries through the public visual representation of modern state formation in Brazil and Argentina.

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As Andermann affirms in his brilliant study on the uses of visual cultures as state policy in Argentina and Brazil at the end of nineteenth century, maps, archives, and museums work a 'civilized' visuality on the 'bare life' of local cultures. This history of violence reveals how the technological gaze colonizes spaces and everyday practices, and reactivates the instruments of imperial capital. - Graciela Montaldo, Columbia University

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      Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
      Publication Date: 10/31/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780822959724, 978-0822959724
      ISBN10: 0822959720
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      Book Synopsis
      The Optic of the State traces the production of nationalist imaginaries through the public visual representation of modern state formation in Brazil and Argentina.

      Trade Review
      As Andermann affirms in his brilliant study on the uses of visual cultures as state policy in Argentina and Brazil at the end of nineteenth century, maps, archives, and museums work a 'civilized' visuality on the 'bare life' of local cultures. This history of violence reveals how the technological gaze colonizes spaces and everyday practices, and reactivates the instruments of imperial capital. - Graciela Montaldo, Columbia University

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