The Built Environment through the Prism of the Colonial Periodical
Press is a venture of the International Group for Studies of
Colonial Periodical Press of the Portuguese Empire (IGSCP-PE), who
are also interested in comparative studies and conceptual
discussions. Through a focus on the understudied role of colonial
periodicals in the creation and public discussion of colonial built
environments, the present book contributes to a cultural history of
the idea of built environment. The studies underscore the role of
press in articulating environment imaging and transformations with
colonial ideologies, projects and policies, and the fixing,
othering and disputing of identities, while still retaining the
epochal circulation of ideas. This role is evidenced through
discussions of forests, clubs, hotels, barracks, hospitals, houses,
verandas and gardens, railways, Catholic churches and Hindu
"templescapes", restorations and exhibitions. The book also
examines a non-canonical variety of periodicals, such as
newspapers, bulletins, women's magazines, and professional
journals. Published within the sphere of Portuguese, Belgium,
Italian, British formal and informal Empire, the analysis of these
periodicals provides a multilingual, plural and complex
comprehension of the discursive creation of modern built
environments in colonial ambiances. This volume is indispensable
for scholars and students interested in Media Studies,
Architectural and Engineering studies, Built Environment studies as
well as Colonial and Imperial history.
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