Altering Practices: Feminist Politics and Poetics of Space - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415357853 ISBN 13: 9780415357852

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This collection of essays addresses and defines the state of contemporary theories and practices of space: it is concerned with the growing importance of technology and communications, the effects of globalization and the change of social demands. Within the current urban and geopolitical contexts, it addresses the emergence of new social and political theories that raise questions of identity and difference in modern society. The book reiterates feminist concerns with space from the critical stance of the new millennium.

With contributions from the leading theorists and thinkers from around the world representing the fields of architecture, art, philosophy and gender studies, this book has a truly international and interdisciplinary reach.

About this title

About the Author:

Doina Petrescu is lecturer in architecture at the University of Sheffield. She has written, lectured and practised individually and collectively on issues of gender, technology, (geo)politics and poetics of space. She is co-editor of Architecture and Participation (London: Routledge, 2005).  

 

Review:

'Engaging and informative for anyone interested in the topics of feminist architecture, the social production space, and the processes of place-making.' – Cities

 

'An interdisciplinary discourse on an important topic, the book will encourage readers to move beyond their scope of interest and delve into the perspective of others.' – Cities

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415357853
• ISBN 13: 9780415357852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Petrescu Doina