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Mosques in the United States
Mosques in the United States
In the Muslim world, mosques function as places of worship rather than “congregations” or community centers. Muslims pray in any mosque that is convenient, since they are not consi...
Place of the Mosque
Place of the Mosque
The Place of the Mosque: Genealogies of Space, Knowledge, and Power extends Foucault’s analysis, Of Other Spaces, and the “ideological conflicts which underlie the controversies of...
American Mosque Architecture
American Mosque Architecture
This chapter discusses a host of aesthetic leitmotifs that characterize Muslim religious architecture in the United States. It examines the taxonomy of images that define the Ameri...
Proceedings of the Symposium on Mosque Architecture
Proceedings of the Symposium on Mosque Architecture
Symposium on Mosque Architecture (1999 Riyadh, Saudi, Arabia)...
The Goddess of Place, Place of the Goddess
The Goddess of Place, Place of the Goddess
Chapter 2 investigates the goddess Svasthānī herself. Svasthānī, “the Goddess of One’s Own Place,” serves as a relatively recent and tangible case study for understanding the birth...
Williamsburgh Savings Bank (Hanson Place), first floor interior, consisting of the Hanson Place entrance vestibule; the lobby; the stairway leading to the basement lobby; the stairway leading to the upper floors, and including the first landing; the stair
Williamsburgh Savings Bank (Hanson Place), first floor interior, consisting of the Hanson Place entrance vestibule; the lobby; the stairway leading to the basement lobby; the stairway leading to the upper floors, and including the first landing; the stair
New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission...
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
One of Hollywood's first openly Latin stars, Jennifer Lopez has held fast to her New York Bronx roots, while rising above them to become the highest paid Latina actress in history....
Colonial Utopias/Dystopias
Colonial Utopias/Dystopias
This chapter explores colonial utopias/dystopias. Utopianism and colonialism have had direct connections from the time Thomas More inadvertently created a genre of literature when ...