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Sites of memory : perspectives on architecture and race / Craig Evan Barton, editor.
Van Pelt Library E185.86 .S595 2001
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Van Pelt - Class of 1979 Seminar Room (305) E185.86 .S595 2001
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Fine Arts Library E185.86 .S595 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Social life and customs.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African American architecture.
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- United States.
- United States--History, Local.
- Local history.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- The issue of race in architecture is a complicated and often divisive one. Traditional methods of architectural history and theory tend to attribute a city's civic and cultural identity to the dominant culture. Ignored are more marginal cultures without a tradition of public building, often preventing a complete understanding of the city and the forces that shape it.
- These essays explore the historic and contemporary effects of race upon the development of the built environment, and examine the myths and realities of America's racial landscapes. Its multi-disciplinary approach identifies and interprets the black cultural landscape, examining its visual, spatial, and ideological dimensions.
- Contributors to this collection include Nathaniel Belcher, Felicia Davis, Sheryl Tucker deVasquez, K. Ian Grandison, Bradford Grant, Walter Hood, and Mabel O. Wilson.
- Contents:
- Dell Upton vi
- Craig Evan Barton xii
- Chapter 1 Craig Evan Barton 1
- Chapter 2 Mabel O. Wilson 13
- Chapter 3 Felecia Davis 27
- Chapter 4 Nathaniel Q. Belcher 37
- Chapter 5 Kenrick Ian Grandison 55
- Chapter 6 Amy Weisser 97
- Chapter 7 Bradford Grant 109
- Chapter 8 Lesley Naa Norle Lokko 119
- Chapter 9 David P. Brown 135
- Chapter 10 La Barbara James Wigfall 146
- Chapter 11 Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez 158
- Chapter 12 Walter J. Hood Jr. & Mellissa Erikson 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 156898233X
- OCLC:
- 43390365
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