Tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible. Acerca de la ‘geografía’ literaria de Eduardo Lalo
In the books of the Puerto Rican artist and writer Eduardo Lalo (Cuba, 1960) a ‘counter‑geography’ is formed of his country and his city, San Juan de Puerto Rico, which, having been colonized by the United States, has become an urban mirror of North American cities. As the observer-narrator moves t...
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| description | In the books of the Puerto Rican artist and writer Eduardo Lalo (Cuba, 1960) a ‘counter‑geography’ is formed of his country and his city, San Juan de Puerto Rico, which, having been colonized by the United States, has become an urban mirror of North American cities. As the observer-narrator moves through its streets, writing, drawing, taking photographs, freeing it from its status as a tourist image, the city gains depth and solidity, and through an iconotextual mix of forms of identity becomes a complex image showing the marks and scars of the true San Juan: its genius loci. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a82a99b02fc4c0db9a89db138296a5a2022-12-21T19:03:58ZspaUniversity of BolognaConfluenze2036-09672015-07-017116118410.6092/issn.2036-0967/53954939Tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible. Acerca de la ‘geografía’ literaria de Eduardo LaloMaría Amalia BarchiesiIn the books of the Puerto Rican artist and writer Eduardo Lalo (Cuba, 1960) a ‘counter‑geography’ is formed of his country and his city, San Juan de Puerto Rico, which, having been colonized by the United States, has become an urban mirror of North American cities. As the observer-narrator moves through its streets, writing, drawing, taking photographs, freeing it from its status as a tourist image, the city gains depth and solidity, and through an iconotextual mix of forms of identity becomes a complex image showing the marks and scars of the true San Juan: its genius loci.http://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/5395WritingArtCityPuerto RicoColonisation |
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| title | Tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible. Acerca de la ‘geografía’ literaria de Eduardo Lalo |
| title_full | Tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible. Acerca de la ‘geografía’ literaria de Eduardo Lalo |
| title_fullStr | Tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible. Acerca de la ‘geografía’ literaria de Eduardo Lalo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible. Acerca de la ‘geografía’ literaria de Eduardo Lalo |
| title_short | Tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible. Acerca de la ‘geografía’ literaria de Eduardo Lalo |
| title_sort | tatuajes sobre la ciudad invisible acerca de la geografia literaria de eduardo lalo |
| topic | Writing Art City Puerto Rico Colonisation |
| url | http://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/5395 |
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