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

Main entry:

Kahera, Akel Ismail, 1951-

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

1st edition

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

Description:

xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.
Introduction: The Polemics of Deconstruction -- Ch. 1. Aesthetic Origins and End Conditions -- Ch. 2. Interpretations of Image, Text, and Form -- Ch. 3. Space, Place, and Public Gathering -- Conclusion: Reversible Space and Linear Time.

Summary:

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

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ISBN:

9780292719576 (paperback)
0292719574 (paperback)
0292743440 (alk. paper)
9780292743441 (alk. paper)
(electronic book)
9780292798366

Subject:

Mosques United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Mosques
Architektur
Moschee
Geschlechterrolle
Ästhetik
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222508
Call No.: NA5212 .K34 2002
Status: Available

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