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Deconstructing the American mosque : space, gender, and aesthetics

Title
Deconstructing the American mosque : space, gender, and aesthetics / Akel Ismail Kahera.
Author
Kahera, Akel Ismail, 1951-
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

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Description
xiii, 194 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Explores the history and theory of Muslin religious aesthetics in the United States since 1950.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9780292719576
  • 0292719574
  • 0292743440
  • 9780292743441
  • 9780292798366 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2002001045
OCLC
  • ocm48876516
  • 48876516
  • SCSB-13644398
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library