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Sufi City : urban design and archetypes in Touba / Eric Ross.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Eric, 1962-
- Series:
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora 1092-5228
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic cities and towns.
- City planning.
- City and town life.
- Landscape architecture.
- Symbolism in architecture.
- Sufism--Social aspects.
- Sufism.
- Touba (Senegal)--Geography.
- Touba (Senegal).
- Sufism--Social aspects--Senegal--Touba.
- Landscapes--Social aspects--Senegal--Touba.
- Landscapes.
- Landscapes--Social aspects.
- Senegal--Touba.
- Symbolism in architecture--Senegal--Touba.
- City and town life--Senegal--Touba.
- City planning--Senegal--Touba.
- Landscape architecture--Senegal--Touba.
- City and town life--Senegal--Case studies.
- City planning--Senegal--Case studies.
- Islamic cities and towns--Senegal--Case studies.
- Senegal.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2006.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Sufi City: Archetypes and Urban Design in Touba is a geographical study of the Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. The book employs semiotic analysis of urban form, cartography, hermeneutics, field investigation and satellite imagery to relate contemporary urban design issues to metaphysical concepts. Sufi City also explores the history of urban networks in Senegal since the emergence of autonomous Muslim towns in the 17th century. Finally, the spatial configuration of the modern Sufi city is related to the importance of monumental palaver trees to Senegal's historic settlements. Eric Ross is professor of geography at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. He conducts research on Sufi orders and Muslim towns in Senegal and on cultural tourism and urban planning in Morocco.
- Contents:
- Archetypes: Sufi phenomenology and the semiosis of landscape
- Urban design: the spatial configuration of a spiritual project
- Marabout Republics then and now: autonomous Muslim towns in Senegal
- The Pénc: trees and urban design in West Africa.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- ISBN:
- 1580466613
- 9781580466615
- Publisher Number:
- 99958963791
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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