Swahili port cities : the architecture of elsewhere

1. Verfasser: Meier, Prita , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2016].
Umfang/Format: xiv, 230 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: African expressive cultures.
ISBN: 9780253019097
9780253019158
Schlagworte:
Architecture and society > Africa, East.
Stone buildings > Africa, East.
Port cities > Africa, East.
Islamic architecture > Africa, East.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: the place in-between
  • Difference set in stone: place and race in Mombasa
  • A "curious" minaret: sacred place and the politics of Islam
  • Architecture out of place: the politics of style in Zanzibar
  • At home in the world: living with transoceanic things
  • Conclusion: trading places.

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