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Autore |
Kahera Akel Ismail <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Deconstructing the American mosque : space, gender, and aesthetics / / Akel Ismail Kahera |
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Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mosques - United States |
Architecture - United States - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores the history and theory of Muslin religious aesthetics in the United States since 1950. |
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