Swahili port cities : the architecture of elsewhere

Swahili port cities : the architecture of elsewhere /

On the Swahili coast of East Africa, monumental stone houses, tombs, and mosques mark the border zone between the interior of the African continent and the Indian Ocean. Prita Meier explores this coastal environment and shows how an African mercantile society created a place of cosmopolitan longing....

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Main Author: Meier, Prita (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2016.
Series:African expressive cultures.
Subjects:
Architecture and society > Africa, East.
Stone buildings > Africa, East.
Port cities > Africa, East.
Islamic architecture > Africa, East.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Architecture and society
Islamic architecture
Port cities
Stone buildings
Africa, East
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Table of 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.

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