{"product_id":"city-at-the-center-of-the-world-space-history-and-modernity-in-quito-paperback","title":"City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnesto Capello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito as the \\u201cnew Rome.\\u201d It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants, the origin of crusades into the surrounding wilderness, and the purveyor of civilization to the entire region. By the early twentieth century, elites envisioned the city as the heart of a modern, advanced society--poised at the physical and metaphysical centers of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this original cultural history, Ernesto Capello analyzes the formation of memory, myth, and modernity through the eyes of Quito s diverse populations. By employing Mikhail Bakhtin s concept of chronotopes, Capello views the configuration of time and space in narratives that defined Quito s identity and its place in the world. He explores the proliferation of these imaginings in architecture, museums, monuments, tourism, art, urban planning, literature, religion, indigenous rights, and politics. To Capello, these tropes began to crystallize at the end of the nineteenth century, serving as a tool for distinct groups who laid claim to history for economic or political gain during the upheavals of modernism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Capello reveals, Quito s society and its stories mutually constituted each other. In the process of both destroying and renewing elements of the past, each chronotope fed and perpetuated itself. Modern Quito thus emerged at the crux of Hispanism and Liberalism, as an independent global society struggling to keep the memory of its colonial and indigenous roots alive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnesto Capello\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of history at Macalester College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46715086569669,"sku":"9780822961666","price":108.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/mzT_elkIR79780822961666.webp?v=1786530001","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/city-at-the-center-of-the-world-space-history-and-modernity-in-quito-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}