Development Design: Hotels and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean - Brossura

Morawski, Erica

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0822967979 ISBN 13: 9780822967972

Casa editrice: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2025

Riassunto

Underneath picturesque views of palm trees, fruity cocktails in hotel lounges, and day trips to preserved colonial zones lies a history of tourism design that intersects with larger projects of development and national and cultural identity formation. Locating modernity and coloniality as the key framework within which tourism development takes place, Development Design focuses on hotel design and its relation to larger urban and rural landscapes to uncover the way these seemingly carefree spaces are bound to local politics and international relations. Focusing on three sites in the Hispanic Caribbean―San Juan, Ciudad Trujillo, and Havana―Morawski traces different attitudes and approaches to tourism and its material design through five hotels that serve as case studies. Through examination of wicker chairs and lobby interiors, architecture and landscaping, public works and urban planning, Development Design illustrates the integral role hotel design played in negotiated and contested histories of development in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0822967979
• ISBN 13: 9780822967972
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile