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020 $a0295985429 (hardback : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aNA2543.T68$bM35 2006
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100 1 $aMcLaren, Brian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004021582
245 10 $aArchitecture and tourism in Italian colonial Libya :$ban ambivalent modernism /$cBrian L. McLaren.
260 $aSeattle :$bUniversity of Washington Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axi, 287 pages, 16 pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;$c27 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aStudies in modernity and national identity
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe incorporation of Libya into metropolitan Italy -- $g2.$tColonial tourism and the experience of modernity -- $g3.$tThe indigenous politics of Italian colonialism -- $g4.$tTourism and the framing of indigenous culture -- $g5.$tToward a modern colonial architecture -- $g6.$tIn search of a regionalist expression.
520 1 $a"To be a tourist in Libya during the period of Italian colonization was to experience a complex negotiation of cultures. Against a sturdy backdrop of indigenous culture and architecture, modern metropolitan culture brought its systems of transportation and accommodation, as well as new hierarchies of political and social control. Architecture and Tourism in Italian Colonial Libya shows how Italian authorities used the contradictory forces of tradition and modernity to both legitimize their colonial enterprise and construct a vital tourist industry. Although most tourists sought to escape the trappings of the metropole in favor of experiencing "difference," that difference was almost always framed, contained, and even defined by Western culture." "McLaren argues that the "modern" and the "traditional" were entirely constructed by colonial authorities, who balanced their need to project an image of a modern and efficient network of travel and accommodation with the necessity of preserving the characteristic qualities of the indigenous culture. What made the tourist experience in Libya distinct from that of other tourist destinations was the constant oscillation between modernizing and preservation tendencies." "This is an important book for architectural historians and for those interested in colonial and postcolonial studies, as well as Italian studies, African history, literature, and cultural studies more generally."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aArchitecture and tourism$zLibya.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Colonial$zLibya.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Italian$zLibya.
650 0 $aFascism and architecture$zLibya.
651 0 $aLibya$xHistory$y1912-1951.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004479
830 0 $aStudies in modernity and national identity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00016139
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021508.html
852 80 $bave$hAA1588 L61$iM23