Deconstructing the American Mosque : : Space, Gender, and Aesthetics /

Deconstructing the American Mosque : : Space, Gender, and Aesthetics / / Akel Ismail Kahera.

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From the avant-garde design of the Islamic Cultural Center in New York City to the simplicity of the Dar al-Islam Mosque in Abiquiu, New Mexico, the American mosque takes many forms of visual and architectural expression. The absence of a single, authoritative model and the plurality of design nuanc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Kahera, Akel Ismail,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2002
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of 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

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