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Architecture in translation : Germany, Turkey, and the modern house / Esra Akcan.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2012 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Akcan, Esra.
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Architecture--Turkey--History--20th century.
Architecture.
City planning--Turkey--History--20th century.
City planning.
Architecture and state--Turkey--History--20th century.
Architecture and state.
Turkey--Relations--Germany.
Turkey.
Germany--Relations--Turkey.
Germany.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (410 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Esra Akcan describes the introduction of modern architecture into Turkey after the Kemalist political elite took power in 1923 and invited German architects to redesign the new capital of Ankara.
Contents:
Introduction: Translation beyond language
Modernism from above. conviction about its own translatability
Melancholy in translation
Siedlung in subaltern exile
Convictions about untranslatability
Towards a cosmopolitan architecture.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9786613854513
9781283542067
1283542064
9780822395577
0822395576
OCLC:
820731358
Publisher Number:
9786613854513

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