Description
Discover the captivating architectural heritage of Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, through our detailed publication. This brand new book, published by Actar D in 2018, delves into the rich history of this colonial city, unveiling its layered urban fabric that has fascinated architects, historians, and urban planners alike. In a visually stunning paperback format, readers are guided through Asmara’s unique architectural landscape, rediscovered in the early 1990s and celebrated for its immense cultural significance.
The authors employ original analysis to explore both the tangible city and the invisible narratives that shape its identity. Through the kaleidoscopic lens of colonial and postcolonial scholarship, this book offers fresh insights into how colonial legacies continue to influence the everyday lives of Asmara’s residents. It serves as an interdisciplinary platform, weaving together perspectives from cultural and social history, political theory, visual culture studies, gender studies, and urban studies—essential reading for anyone interested in African architecture, colonial histories, and modern urban challenges.
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Get your copy today to explore Asmara’s architectural narrative and its ongoing legacy.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9783869224879
Format: Paperback (DE)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Actar D
Description:
The ancient city of Asmara is the capital of Eritrea and its largest settlement. Its beautiful architecture was rediscovered by outsiders in the early 1990s. In this book, the authors offer an original analysis of the colonial city, providing a history not only of the physical and visible urban reality, but also of a second, invisible city as it exists in the imagination. The colonial city becomes a fantastical set of cities where each one reflects the others as if in a kaleidoscope. This ambitious book breaks new ground, and moves us a little further along in the attempt to read Asmara into contemporary theory. This book brings together scholars from a multiplicity of disciplines who have shown the ways in which colonial and postcolonial criticism has served as a platform for new, diversified readings of Asmara, which compile cultural and social history, critical and political theory, anthropological fieldwork, visual culture studies, literary and cinematic analysis, gender studies, diaspora and urban studies. The book examines the current realities of Asmara in order to address the continuing effects of the legacy of colonialism upon the city dwellers.
The authors employ original analysis to explore both the tangible city and the invisible narratives that shape its identity. Through the kaleidoscopic lens of colonial and postcolonial scholarship, this book offers fresh insights into how colonial legacies continue to influence the everyday lives of Asmara’s residents. It serves as an interdisciplinary platform, weaving together perspectives from cultural and social history, political theory, visual culture studies, gender studies, and urban studies—essential reading for anyone interested in African architecture, colonial histories, and modern urban challenges.
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Get your copy today to explore Asmara’s architectural narrative and its ongoing legacy.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9783869224879
Format: Paperback (DE)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Actar D
Description:
The ancient city of Asmara is the capital of Eritrea and its largest settlement. Its beautiful architecture was rediscovered by outsiders in the early 1990s. In this book, the authors offer an original analysis of the colonial city, providing a history not only of the physical and visible urban reality, but also of a second, invisible city as it exists in the imagination. The colonial city becomes a fantastical set of cities where each one reflects the others as if in a kaleidoscope. This ambitious book breaks new ground, and moves us a little further along in the attempt to read Asmara into contemporary theory. This book brings together scholars from a multiplicity of disciplines who have shown the ways in which colonial and postcolonial criticism has served as a platform for new, diversified readings of Asmara, which compile cultural and social history, critical and political theory, anthropological fieldwork, visual culture studies, literary and cinematic analysis, gender studies, diaspora and urban studies. The book examines the current realities of Asmara in order to address the continuing effects of the legacy of colonialism upon the city dwellers.