Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial

By: Vikramaditya Prakash and Daniel E. Coslett and Maristella Casciato

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 372 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000471632
Related ISBNs:: 9781003120209, 9780367636715, 9780367636708
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/02/21
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Vikramaditya Prakash, Maristella Casciato, and Daniel E. Coslett
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Education
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Daniel E. Coslett
Edited by:: Maristella Casciato
Edited by:: Vikramaditya Prakash