On The Perils of Design-Speak in an Age of Revolution. A Review of Luis E. Carranza's <em>Architecture as Revolution. Episodes in the History of Modern Mexico</em> (Austin: U of Texas P, 2010)

Authors

  • Andrew Grant Wood University of Tulsa

Keywords:

Mexican Revolution, Architecture, revolución mexicana

Abstract

In this generously illustrated, large format book Luis E. Carranza sets out to explain critical connections between the Mexican Revolution and new architectural design during the early part of the twentieth century. Published by the University of Texas Press as part of their Roger Fullington Series in Architecture with supporting monies from the National Endowment for the Humanites, Architecture as Revolution is, like the design and construction of a new building, truly an ambitious undertaking.

Author Biography

Andrew Grant Wood, University of Tulsa

Andrew Grant Wood es profesor en la Universidad de Tulsa. Entre sus publicaciones más recientes está Holiday in Mexico: Critical Reflections on Tourism and Tourist Encounters, coeditado con Dina Berger y publicado por Duke University Press en 2010. Ha concluido una biografía del compositor y músico mexicano Agustín Lara que se halla actualmente en evaluación.

Published

2011-01-01

How to Cite

Wood, A. G. (2011). On The Perils of Design-Speak in an Age of Revolution. A Review of Luis E. Carranza’s <em>Architecture as Revolution. Episodes in the History of Modern Mexico</em> (Austin: U of Texas P, 2010). A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 8(2), 369–374. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/462

Issue

Section

Reviews: Art and Literature