Bhabha for Architects

Informationen zum Autor Felipe Hernández is an architect and Professor of Architectural Design, History and Theory in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge. He is author of Beyond Modernist Masters: Contemporary Architecture in Latin America (Birkhäuser 2009). Klappentext This introductory book, specifically for architects, focuses on the work of critic Homi K. Bhabha, who's work has been used as a means to analyse architectural practices in previously colonised contexts. This title reveals how his work contributes to architectural theory and the study of contemporary architectures in general, not only in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Zusammenfassung This introductory book, specifically for architects, focuses on the work of critic Homi K. Bhabha, who's work has been used as a means to analyse architectural practices in previously colonised contexts. This title reveals how his work contributes to architectural theory and the study of contemporary architectures in general, not only in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword By Homi Bhabha Introduction: Homi Bhabha, Postcolonial Discourse and Architecture 1. Translation 2. Ambivalence 3. Hybridity 4. The Third Space 5. The Pedagogical and the Performative

Product details

• Authors: Felipe Hernandez, Felipe Hernandez, Felipe (University of Liverpool Hernandez, Hernandez Felip
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2010
• EAN: 9780415477451
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47745-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Thinkers for Architects; Thinkers for Architects
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works