Michelle Moore Apotsos (Massachusetts Williams College)

Broschiertes Buch

The Masjid in Contemporary Islamic Africa

Beschreibung

Through the lens of the masjid, Michelle Apotsos examines alternative spaces and architectural landscapes of Islamic practice in contemporary Africa that highlight the unique solutions that Muslim communities are adopting in order to confront contemporary modernization and the new diverse conditions it brings.

Autor

Michelle Apotsos is Associate Professor in African Art History at Williams College, where she specialises in Afro-Islamic architectural sites and landscapes. She is the author of Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa: Lessons from Larabanga (2016) and has published in various journals including African Arts, the International Journal of Islamic Architecture, and Material Culture Review. She is a member of the African Studies Association, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, the Society of Architectural Historians and the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative based at MIT.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781108461412
• ISBN-10: 1108461417
• Artikelnr.: 70146480