Research Catalog

Title

Influence and resistance in post-independence Egyptian architecture / Marwa M. El-Ashmouni and Ashraf M. Salama.

Author

El-Ashmouni, Marwa M.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
• ©2023

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Additional Authors

Salama, Ashraf M. A.

Description

xii, 210 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book is an effort towards an in-depth understanding of the architectural discourse in Egypt developed over more than eight decades. It offers a distinctive theoretical interpretation of the forces shaping the kaleidoscopic shifts in Egyptian architecture through the analysis of the micro space of architectural representation of twentieth century Egyptian architecture. Predicated on historical contextualization, theoretical integration, and global conceptualization, Edward Said's analytical method of contrapuntal reading and the spatial discourse analysis posited by C. Greig Crysler are lucidly assimilated to generate insights into various voices within the architectural discourse in Egypt. The analysis and critique of two important professional magazines al-'Imarah (1939-59) and Alam al-Benaa (1980-2000) which shaped the collective psyche of both the academic and professional communities in Egypt and the wider region coupled with the exploration of two other short-lived magazines M'imaryah (1982-1989), Medina (1998-2002), and other less influential professional magazines, discloses the structure of attitude and reference or the exclusions and inclusions that defined the boundaries of the space of the discourse. Influence and Resistance in Post-Independence Egyptian Architecture paves the way to genuinely debate a yet to mature twenty first century's architectural discourse in Egypt. This book is a key resource for architects, architectural historians, and critical theorists and will appeal to academics, and to both graduate and advanced undergraduate students in architectural history and theory and Middle East and global south studies"--

Series Statement

Architecture and urbanism in the global south

Subject

• Majallat al-ʻimārah
• ʻĀlam al-bināʼ
• Architectural criticism > Egypt
• Architectural criticism
• Egypt

Note

• Outgrowth of the PhD thesis of Marwa El-Ashmounie (doctoral)--University of Adelaide, 2013, under the title: The rationale of architectural discourses in post-independence Egypt : a contrapuntal reading of ʻAlam Al-Benaʼa (1980-2000).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Influence, Resistance, and the Spaces of Local Discourse -- Global Conceptions and Incentives of Local Departures -- Historical Voice: Reoccurrence of Influence and Resistance -- Western Voice: Intertwined Attitude of Reference -- Configuration of the Local Discourse (1930s-1970s) -- Reconfiguration of Space (1980s: 2000s) -- An Outlook into the 21st Century: The Rationale of a Decolonized Discourse.

Call Number

JQE 23-188

ISBN

• 9780367703622
• 0367703629
• 9780367703639
• 0367703637

LCCN

2022007071

OCLC

• 1317751142
• 1317751142

Author

El-Ashmouni, Marwa M., author.

Title

Influence and resistance in post-independence Egyptian architecture / Marwa M. El-Ashmouni and Ashraf M. Salama.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Architecture and urbanism in the global south

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Salama, Ashraf M. A., author.

Other Form:

Online version: El-Ashmouni, Marwa M. Influence and resistance in post-independence Egyptian architecture Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023 9781003145882 (DLC) 2022007072

Research Call Number

JQE 23-188