1st Edition
Gender Studies in Architecture Space, Power and Difference
By Dörte Kuhlmann
Copyright 2013
288 Pages
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Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Analyzing a range of ideas from biological, evolutionary and anthropological theories to a variety of feminist, psychoanalytic, poststructuralist and constructivist discourses, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the problematics of gender and power in architectural and urban design.
Topics range from conceptions of postulated matriarchal architecture in Old Europe to... Read more
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Women in the History of Art and Architecture 3. Biological and Social Differences 4. Matriarchal Architecture 5. The Tradition of Psychoanalysis 6. Gender in the History of Architecture 7. Women in Ancient Greece and Rome 8. Gendered Spaces 9. The Mechanisms of the Optical 10. The Private House 11. Mechanisms of Separation 12. Conclusions List of Illustrations Bibliography Index
Biography
Dörte Kuhlmann is a Professor at the Institute of Architectural Sciences at Vienna University of Technology.
