Lejeune Jean-Francois (ed.). Cruelty and Utopia: Cities and Landscapes of Latin America

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. — 263 p. — ISBN-10: 1568984898; ISBN-13: 978-1568984896This landmark collection of illustrated essays explores the vastly underappreciated history of America's "other" cities -- the great metropolises found south of our borders in Central and South America.Buenos Aires, So Paulo, Mexico City, Caracas, Havana, Santiago, Rio, Tijuana, and Quito are just some of the subjects of this diverse collection. How have desires to create modern societies shaped these cities, leading to both architectural masterworks (by the likes of Luis Barragn, Juan O'Gorman, Lcio Costa, Roberto Burle Marx, Carlos Ral Villanueva, and Lina Bo Bardi) and the most shocking "favelas"? How have they grappled with concepts of national identity, their colonial history, and the continued demands of a globalized economy?Lavishly illustrated, "Cruelty and Utopia" features the work of such leading scholars as Carlos Fuentes, Edward Burian, Lauro Cavalcanti, Fernando Oayrzn, Roberto Segre, and Eduardo Subirats, along with artwork ranging from colonial paintings to stills from Chantal Akerman's film "From the Other Side." Also included is a revised translation of Spanish King Philip II's influential planning treatise of 1573, the "Laws of the Indies," which did so much to define the form of the Latin American city.Foreword. Hervé HasquinFrom the City of the Caesars to the Demystified City Christophe Pourtois. Reflections on Spain and the New World. Carlos Fuentes
The Laws of the Indies. Ordinances for the Discovery, the Population and the Pacification of the Indies (excerpts). Philip II, King of Spain, 1573
Dreams of Order: Utopia, Cruelty, and Modernity. Jean-François Lejeune
Quito: City and Landscape between Utopia and Reality. Eduardo Baéz
City and Landscape in the Construction of Brazil. Carlos Martins
The Virgin of the Andes. Carol Damián
Writing and Cities. Eduardo Subirats
Le Corbusier: Latin American Traces. Fernando Pérez Oyarzún
Spaces of Hybridization. The Architect’s House: Luis Barragán, Lina Bo Bardi, Juan O’Gorman, Oscar Niemeyer and Carlos Raúl Villanueva. Felipe Hernandez
Marvel, Monster, Myth: the Modern City in Latin American Literature. Rebecca E. Biron
The Pearl of the Antilles: Havana’s Tropical Shadows and Utopias. Roberto Segre
A Metropolis in the Pampas: Buenos Aires 1890-1940. Adrián Gorelik
When Brazil was Modern: from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia. Lauro Cavalcanti
Report from Brazil. Carlos Eduardo Comás
Roberto Burle Marx: the City as Landscape. Jacques Leenhardt
Lina Bo Bardi: Towards an Architecture Without Borders. Olívia de Oliveira
Modernity and Nationalism: Juan O’Gorman and Post-Revolutionary Architecture in Mexico. Edward R. Burian
Settings for History and Oblivion in Modern Mexico, 1942-1958. The City as Imagined by Juan O’Gorman, Luis Barragán, Mathias Goeritz, and Mario Pani. Keith L. Eggener
Towards the Visibility of the Invisible. Notes on Caracas, Modernity, and the University City of Caracas by Carlos Raúl Villanueva. Enrique Larrañaga
?Ensalada Tijuana? Welcome to Globalization’s Gritty Landscape. Roberto A. González