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Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial

Vikramaditya Prakash
4.9/5 (17796 ratings)
Description:This anthology collects developing scholarship that outlines a new decentred history of global modernism in architecture using postcolonial and other related theoretical frameworks.By both revisiting the canons of modernism and seeking to decolonize and globalize those canons, the volume explores what a genuinely global history of architectural modernism might begin to look like. Its chapters explore the historiography and weaknesses of modernism's normative interpretations and propose alternatives to them. The collection offers essays that interrogate transnationalism in new ways, reconsiders the agency of the subaltern and the roles played by infrastructures, materials, and global institutions in propagating a diversity of modernisms internationally. Issues such as colonial modernism, architectural pedagogy, cultural imperialism, and spirituality are engaged.With essays from both established scholars and up-and-coming researchers, this is an important reference for a new understanding of this crucial and developing topic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial. To get started finding Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial

Vikramaditya Prakash
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: This anthology collects developing scholarship that outlines a new decentred history of global modernism in architecture using postcolonial and other related theoretical frameworks.By both revisiting the canons of modernism and seeking to decolonize and globalize those canons, the volume explores what a genuinely global history of architectural modernism might begin to look like. Its chapters explore the historiography and weaknesses of modernism's normative interpretations and propose alternatives to them. The collection offers essays that interrogate transnationalism in new ways, reconsiders the agency of the subaltern and the roles played by infrastructures, materials, and global institutions in propagating a diversity of modernisms internationally. Issues such as colonial modernism, architectural pedagogy, cultural imperialism, and spirituality are engaged.With essays from both established scholars and up-and-coming researchers, this is an important reference for a new understanding of this crucial and developing topic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial. To get started finding Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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