Deconstructing the American mosque : space, gender, and aesthetics / Akel Ismail Kahera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahera, Akel Ismail, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mosques--United States.

Mosques.

Architecture--United States--History--20th century.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the history and theory of Muslin religious aesthetics in the United States since 1950.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION. The Polemics of Deconstruction

CHAPTER ONE. Aesthetic Origins and End Conditions

CHAPTER TWO. Interpretations of Image, Text, and Form

CHAPTER THREE. Space, Place, and Public Gathering

CONCLUSION. Reversible Space and Linear Time

NOTES

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79836-9

OCLC:

191952910