Politics, controversy and design in post 9/11 American mosques: The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, Roxbury, Massachusetts
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Anwar Ibrahim
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Um, Nancy
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
State University of New York at Binghamton
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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319
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Schull, Kent; Smart, Pamela; Walker, Julia
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-90160-3
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Art History
Body granting the degree
State University of New York at Binghamton
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2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Most studies on mosque architecture in the U.S. examine the purpose-built mosque in an isolated manner based on an object-centric approach by focusing on the built structure, stylistic aspects, and components of design. These studies characterize the mosque through typologies of finished products and built exemplars, yet ignore the transformative, extended, and often contested process of design that leads to the realization of these structures. The previous research fails to explain the forces and conflicts behind mosque construction and how these forces and conflicts operate within the wider socio-economic and political context of specific Muslim communities.
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Art history; Architecture
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Communication and the arts;9/11;American muslims;Controversy;Design process;Funding;Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center;Mosque