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OverviewBuildings are not benign; rather, they commonly manipulate and abuse their human users. Architectural Agents makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly. Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies. The violence of some sites is rooted in historical trauma; the unhealthy spatial behaviors of other spaces stem from political and economic ruthlessness. The places examined range from the Cloisters Museum in New York City and the Palestine Archaeological Museum (renamed the Rockefeller Museum) in Jerusalem to the grand Hostal de los Reyes Catlicos in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Las Vegas casino resorts. Recognizing that a study of pathological spaces would not be complete without an investigation of digital structures, Wharton integrates into her argument an original consideration of the powerful architectures of video games and immersive worlds. Her work mounts a persuasive critique of popular phenomenological treatments of architecture. Architectural Agents advances an alternative theorization of buildings' agency-one rooted in buildings' essential materiality and historical formation-as the basis for her significant intervention in current debates over the boundaries separating humans, animals, and machines. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Annabel Jane WhartonPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.794kg ISBN: 9780816693399ISBN 10: 0816693390 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 15 February 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Architectural Agency Part I. Death 1. Murder 2. Spoils Part II. Disease 3. Amnesia 4. Urban Toxicity Part III. Addiction 5. Gambling 6. Digital Play Conclusion: Buildings/Things, Bodies/Texts, History/Theory Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight.""—Times Higher Education ""Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration.""—Art Libraries Society of North America ""This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists.""—CHOICE ""These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own.""—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review ""An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures.""—Reading Religion" ""Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight.""—Times Higher Education ""Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration.""—Art Libraries Society of North America ""This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists.""—CHOICE ""These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own.""—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review ""An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures.""—Reading Religion Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. Reading Religion Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. --Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. --Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. --CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. --Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. --Reading Religion Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. --Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. --Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. --CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. --Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. --Reading Religion Provocative and entertaining . . . a tour de force, richly imaginative, and full of warmth and insight. Times Higher Education Wharton upends new stones of inquiry and exploration. Art Libraries Society of North America This is an important book for architectural historians and Preservationists. CHOICE These are all well-researched and entertainingly written pieces ... indeed, the delightful and richly annotated essays in this volume make their arguments and methodology perfectly clear on their own. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements review An insightful analysis of the political and social history of space and architecture in American, Middle Eastern, and European urban cultures. Reading Religion Author InformationAnnabel Jane Wharton is William B. Hamilton Professor of Art History at Duke University. Her most recent books include Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture, selected by Economist as one of the best books of 2001, and Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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