Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East – serie
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Islamic Architecture on the Move
Motion and Modernity
Inbunden, 2016
1206 kr
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Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the world, a reminder that artistic traditions and visual culture have never been limited to their region or country of origin, but rather are highly diffusible.This book brings together scholars from …
Expertise and Architecture in the Modern Islamic World
A Critical Anthology
Inbunden, 2018
1357 kr
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Expertise and Architecture in the Modern Islamic World explores how architectural traditions and practices were shared and exchanged across national borders throughout the world, departing from a narrative that casts European actors as the importers and exporters of Islamic designs and skills. …
Architectural Dynamics in Pre-Revolutionary Iran
Dialogic Encounter between Tradition and Modernity
Inbunden, 2019
1288 kr
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This volume considers the major trends and developments in Iranian architecture during the 1960s and 70s in order to further our understanding of the underpinnings and intentions of Persian architecture during this period. While narrative explorations of modernism have relied heavily upon …
Israel as A Modern Architectural Experimental Lab, 1948-1978
Av Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler, Anat Geva m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1676 kr
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This collection discusses the innovative and experimental architecture of Israel during its first three decades following the nation’s establishment in 1948. Written by leading researchers, the volume highlights new perspectives on the topic, discussing the inception, modernization, and habitation …
Cultural Meaning of Aleppo
A Landscape Recovery for the Ancient City
Häftad, 2021
594 kr
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The book documents the history and morphology of the Ancient City of Aleppo, outlining first the urbanistic development of the city and then focusing on the architectural heritage with specific focus on the domestic architecture, addressing the initiatives to reconstruct and rehabilitate the urban …
Friday Mosque in the City
Liminality, Ritual, and Politics
Av A. Hilâl Uğurlu, Suzan Yalman
Inbunden, 2021
1400 kr
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Concerned with the relationship between Friday mosque and city in the Islamic context. Focusing particularly on the Friday mosque, the book aims at exploring the concept of liminal(ity) in spatial terms and discuss it in terms of the relationship between the Friday mosque and its surrounding urban …
Imagining Antiquity in Islamic Societies
Av Stephennie Mulder, Stephennie Mulder
Inbunden, 2022
1280 kr
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In the aftermath of the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage pursued by Islamist groups like ISIS, many observers have erroneously come to associate Islamic doctrine and practice with such acts. This book explores the diverse ways Muslims have engaged with the material legacies of ancient …
Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow
(Re)Defining the Field
Av Mohammad Gharipour, Daniel E. Coslett
Inbunden, 2022
1751 kr
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Through Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow, established experts, designers, and newer scholars from the world of ‘Islamic architecture’, broadly conceived, consider the field’s changing nature and continued relevance in our rapidly globalizing context. Reflective essays address the meaning of …
Spectacle, Entertainment, and Recreation in Late Ottoman and Early Turkish Republican Cities
Inbunden, 2023
1751 kr
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The short lived Tulip Era breathed a new life into Ottoman social life and novel elements of art, architecture and new spaces of leisure and entertainment that both men and women could participate and enjoy emerged during the early 18th century. Later, during the 19th century, triggered by the …
Making of Modern Muslim Selves through Architecture
Av Farhan S. Karim, Patricia Blessing
Inbunden, 2024
1701 kr
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This collection seeks to explore alternative definitions of bounded identities, facilitating new approaches to spatial and architectural forms. Taking as its starting point the emergence of a new sense of ‘boundary’ emerged from the post-19th century dissolution of large, heterogeneous empires into …
Decolonizing Islamic Art in Africa
New Approaches to Muslim Expressive Cultures
Av Ashley Miller, Ashley Miller
Inbunden, 2024
1511 kr
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This collection explores the dynamic place of Muslim visual and expressive culture in processes of decolonization across the African continent. Presenting new methodologies for accentuating African agency and expression in the stories we tell about Islamic art, it likewise contributes to recent …
Queer Contemporary Art of Southwest Asia North Africa
Av Anne Marie Butler, Sascha Crasnow
Inbunden, 2024
1462 kr
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Presents new perspectives on queer visual culture in the Southwest Asia North Africa region from queer artists as well as scholars who work on queer themes. With contributions from both scholars and artists, this volume demonstrates that queer visual culture in the SWANA region is not only extant, …
Islamic and Islamicate Architecture in the Americas
Transregional Dialogues and Manifestations
Inbunden, 2025
1389 kr
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Architectural expressions resonant with Islamic traditions appear in diverse modes across the Americas, from Andalusian-inspired colonial patios in Peru to the modern and contemporary patronage of immigrant communities in the United States and Canada. This volume examines the multiple …
Decolonizing Islamic Art in Africa
New Approaches to Muslim Expressive Cultures
Häftad, 2026
427 kr
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This collection explores the dynamic place of Muslim visual and expressive culture in processes of decolonization across the African continent. Presenting new methodologies for accentuating African agency and expression in the stories we tell about Islamic art, it likewise contributes to recent …
Urban Refugee
Space, Agency, and the New Urban Condition
Av Bülent Batuman, Kıvanç Kılınç
Inbunden, 2024
1607 kr
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The presence of the refugee in the contemporary metropolis is marked by precarity, a quality that has become a characteristic feature of the neoliberal urban milieu. Bringing together essays from diverse disciplines, from architectural history to cultural anthropology and urban planning, this …
