Rethinking Global Modernism by Vikramaditya Prakash PAPERBACK 9780367636715

Taylor & Francis

Rethinking Global ModernismArchitectural Historiography and the Postcolonial\nAuthor(s): Vikramaditya Prakash, Maristella Casciato, Daniel E. Coslett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367636715, 978-0367636715\nSynopsis\nThis anthology collects developing scholarship that outlines a new decentred history of global modernism in architecture using postcolonial and other related theoretical frameworks. \n\nBy both revisiting the canons of modernism and seeking to decolonize and globalize those canons, the volume explores what a genuinely \""global\"" history of architectural modernism might begin to look like. Its chapters explore the historiography and weaknesses of modernism's normative interpretations and propose alternatives to them. The collection offers essays that interrogate transnationalism in new ways, reconsiders the agency of the subaltern and the roles played by infrastructures, materials, and global inst.