The making of modern Muslim selves through architecture / edited by Farhan S. Karim and Patricia Blessing.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karim, Farhan, editor.

Blessing, Patricia, editor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Critical studies in architecture of the Middle East ; v.9.

Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East ; v.9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology).

Islam and architecture.

Regionalism in architecture.

Physical Description:

xii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2023.

Summary:

This collection explores alternative definitions of bounded identities, facilitating new approaches to spatial and architectural forms. Taking as its starting point the emergence of a new definition of "boundary" in the wake of the twentieth-century transformation of large, heterogeneous empires into a mosaic of nation-states in the Islamic world, it shows how that new sense of boundaries not only determines the ways we imagine and construct the idea of modern citizenship, but also redefines relationships among the nation, citizenship, cities, and architecture. The contributors investigate how architecture mediates the creation and deployment of boundaries and boundedness and how architecture might be considered as a means to understand the relationship between flows and boundaries and its implications for how we define the modern self.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781789388510

1789388511

OCLC:

1417270169