New Islamic Urbanism: The Architecture of Public and Private Space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Stefan Maneval, "New Islamic Urbanism: The Architecture of Public and Private Space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia"
English | ISBN: 1787356442 | 2020 | 280 pages | EPUB | 20 MB
English | ISBN: 1787356442 | 2020 | 280 pages | EPUB | 20 MB
New Islamic Urbanism traces the changing relationship between public and private space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over the past seventy years, from the dawn of the oil era to the present, paying particular attention to the role architecture plays in defining public and private spaces.
Combining Michael Warner’s concepts of publics and counterpublics with theories of space and sociological approaches to architecture, Stefan Maneval explores the concept of New Islamic Urbanism in Saudi Arabia, arguing that this architectural trend, which is characterized by an emphasis on privacy protection through high enclosures, gates, blinds, and tinted windows, constitutes for some an important element of piety. At the same time, it enables different conceptions of privacy, banned social practices, as well as the formation of publics and counterpublics.
Based on rich ethnographic data collected by the author,
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