Swahili port cities : the architecture of elsewhere / Prita Meier

Author:: Meier, Prita
Published:: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Physical Description:: xiv, 230 pages ; 24 cm.

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Series:

African expressive cultures

Contents:

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.

Subject(s):

Architecture and society—Africa, East
Stone buildings—Africa, East
Port cities—Africa, East
Islamic architecture—Africa, East
Architecture and society
Islamic architecture
Port cities
Stone buildings
Africa, East

ISBN:

9780253019097 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253019095 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253019158 (pbk. : alk. paper)
025301915X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.

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