Brazil under Construction: Fiction and Public Works
- ISBN-10
- 1137322489
- ISBN-13
- 9781137322487
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-18
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- S. Beal
Description
Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood.
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