Swahili port cities [electronic resource] :the architecture of elsewhere / Prita Meier.
By: Meier, Prita [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookSeries: African expressive cultures: ; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE: Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253019172; 0253019176.Subject(s): Islamic architecture -- Africa, East | Port cities -- Africa, East | Stone buildings -- Africa, East | Architecture and society -- Africa, EastGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 720.1/03 Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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