Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Rethinking the Politics and Aesthetics of Modernity
Part I. Official Libretto
1. Telling Stories: The Historiographical Foundations of Military Rule
2. Ruling Ideology: Radical Transformations of Space and Body
Part II. Setting the Scene
3. Nation Branding: From Covert Propaganda to Corporate Publicity
4. Spectacular Visuality: Enframing the Landscape, Training the Gaze
5. Exhibiting Modernity: Cultures of Display and the Dictator’s Visionary Gaze
Part III. Performing Progress
6. Subjects Onstage: Organized Walking in Scripted Spaces
7. Bringing Progress Home: Modern Mythologies in Daily Life
Epilogue: Specters of Spectacle
Notes
Bibliography
Index