The sociology of architecture : constructing identities /

This text positions architecture as a research agenda for sociologists and others interested in the relationship between power, culture and collective identities. Adopting a critical approach to such questions, it frames architecture as a field of symbolic and material conflict over collective ident...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Paul, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Architecture and society.
Architecture > Human factors.
Architecture et société.
Architecture > Facteurs humains.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
ARCHITECTURE > General.
Architektur
Gesellschaft
Soziologie
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Architecture, Power and Identities: Surveying the Field
  • 2. The Public Discourse of Architecture: Socializing Identities
  • 3. Architecture and the Nation: Building an "Us"
  • 4. Modernity and Mega-Events: Architecturing a Future
  • 5. Architecture and Commemoration: The Construction of Memorialization
  • 6. Iconic Architecture and Regeneration: The Form is the Function
  • 7. "European" Architecture: Politics in Search of Form and Meaning
  • 8. Conclusion: Sociology, Architecture and the Politics of Building.

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