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Women Architects and Modernism in India - Narratives and Contemporary Practices (Hardcover)
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Women Architects and Modernism in India - Narratives and Contemporary Practices (Hardcover)
Series: Visual and Media Histories
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Studies on architecture in South Asia continue to ignore women in
canonical histories of the discipline. This book attempts to
recover the stories of the women architects whose careers nearly
parallel the development of modernism in colonial and postcolonial
India. Writing their experiences into the narrative of mainstream
architectural history within the challenge of non-existent
archives, it sheds light on seven pioneering women who broke male
bastions to go beyond the traditional confines of the era from the
1940s onwards. The author also examines 28 contemporary practices
to demonstrate the ways in which architectural modernism in India
was shaped by the contribution of women. The book uses a format
that weaves together social, professional and biographical factors
into a productive account; pluralizes various concepts of design;
and redefines the idea of 'work' of women through a greater range
of activities, including pedagogy, mentoring and activism. Alluding
to challenges faced by women, the study celebrates practices in
diverse regional settings even as the designers move in
transnational contexts in an increasingly globalizing India.
Extensively illustrated, featuring drawings and photographs, this
book will be a milestone in the modernist narrative of South Asia
and will be of interest to scholars and researchers of
architecture, gender studies, modern Indian history and sociology.
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