Deconstructing the American Mosque: Space, Gender, and Aesthetics

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CONTENTS xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 INTRODUCTION The Polemics of Deconstruction 25 CHAPTER ONE Aesthetic Origins and End Conditions 63 CHAPTER TWO Interpretations of Image, Text, and Form 91 CHAPTER THREE Space, Place, and Public Gathering 145 CONCLUSION Reversible Space and Linear Time 161 NOTES 175 GLOSSARY 179 BIBLIOGRAPHY 187 INDEX THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 0.1 Islamic Cultural Center of Washington, Washington, D.C.  0.2 Dar al-Islam mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico.  0.3 Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Manhattan, New York.  0.4 (a,b) Proposal for the Baghdad State Mosque.  0.5 Axonometric drawing, Dar al-Islam mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico.  1.1 Islamic Center of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.  1.2 (a,b) Composite plans of the Prophet’s mosque, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.  1.3 The Prophet’s mosque, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.  1.4 Analysis of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria.  1.5 Analysis of the Umayyad Mosque, Cordoba, Spain.  1.6 Congregational mosque, West Africa (c. ).  1.7 A simple mihrab, Taif, Saudi Arabia.  1.8 Mihrab, Islamic Center of Central Jersey, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.  1.9 Detail of tile work, Ranchos mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico.  1.10 Plan, mosque of Sidi ‘Uqba ibn Nafi, Kairouan, Tunisia.  1.11 Great Mosque of Niono, Mali. Plan and elevation.  1.12 Great Mosque of Jenne, Mali. Plan and elevation.  1.13 Moorish-style house, Hudson, New York.  1.14 (a,b) Door detail (arabesque), Dar al-Islam mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico.  2.1 Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.  2.2 The postures of Muslim worship (salat).  2.3 Islamic Cultural Center of Washington, Washington, D.C.  2.4 Islamic Cultural Center of Washington, Washington, D.C.  2.5 Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Manhattan, New York.  2.6 Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Manhattan, New York.  2.7 Master plan, Islamic Center of Plainfield, Plainfield, Indiana.  2.8 (a–d) Islamic Center of Plainfield, Plainfield, Indiana.  2.9 Dar al-Islam mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico.  2.10 Floor plan, Dar al-Islam mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico.  3.1 Muslims performing the Eid prayer, Newark, New Jersey.  3.2 Side elevation, Islamic Institute of Boston, Roxbury, Massachusetts.  3.3 (a) Site plan, Islamic Institute of Boston, Roxbury, Massachusetts.  3.3 (b–d) Geometry of the entryway, Islamic Institute of Boston, Roxbury, Massachusetts.  3.4 Sulayman Palace, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  3.5 (a) Site plan, Muslim Center of Miami, Miami, Florida.  3.5 (b) Elevation, Muslim Center of Miami, Miami, Florida.  3.6 Floor plan, Muslim Center of Miami, Miami, Florida.  3.7 Shah Abbas mosque (Masjid-i Imam), Isfahan, Iran.  3.8 Interior detail, Muslim Center of Miami, Miami, Florida.  3.9 Interior detail, Muslim Center of Miami, Miami, Florida.  3.10 Interior detail, Muslim Center of Miami, Miami, Florida.  3.11 Corniche mosque, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  3.12 Ladies’ entrance, Sligh Street Mosque, Tampa, Florida.  3.13 Study of the fluid breakup of the cube.  3.14 Study of the fluid breakup of the cube.  3.15 Study for a hypostyle mosque in Brooklyn, New York.  4.1 Ranchos mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico.  4.2 Design study for an urban mosque in Harlem, Manhattan, New York.  4.3 (a–c) Design study for an urban mosque in Austin, Texas.  4.4 Design study for a neighborhood mosque in Newark, New Jersey.  x Deconstructing the American Mosque ...