Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature Contributor(s): Gleason, William A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 081473247X ISBN-13: 9780814732472 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
Dewey: 810.935 |
LCCN: 2011007837 |
Series: America and the Long 19th Century |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Sites Unseen examines the complex intertwining of race and architecture in nineteenth and early-twentieth century American culture, the period not only in which American architecture came of age professionally in the U.S. but also in which ideas about architecture became a prominent part of broader conversations about American culture, history, politics, and--although we have not yet understood this clearly--race relations. This rich and copiously illustrated interdisciplinary study explores the ways that American writing between roughly 1850 and 1930 concerned itself, often intensely, with the racial implications of architectural space primarily, but not exclusively, through domestic architecture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gleason, William A.: - William A.Gleason is Professor and Chair of English at Princeton University, where he is affiliated with the Princeton Environmental Institute and the interdisciplinary programs in American Studies, African American Studies, Environmental Studies, and Urban Studies. |