03344nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-47761-4 DE-He213 20251030111416.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240205s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031477614 978-3-031-47761-4 10.1007/978-3-031-47761-4 doi GF RGC bicssc SOC015000 bisacsh RGC thema Maunganidze, Langtone. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 70615 Representation and Materialization of Architecture and Space in Zimbabwe [electronic resource] : Between National Icons and Dispositifs / by Langtone Maunganidze. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XVII, 153 p. 31 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Framing iconic architecture: Context and dimensions -- Chapter 3: Materialization, space and identity -- Chapter 4: Inside Indigeneity and Iconicity: The African traditional hut -- Chapter 5: The sociology of museums and monuments -- Chapter 6: State buildings: Patterns and processes of materialization -- Chapter 7: The Zimbabwe Bird: The sovereign architecture -- Chapter 8: Religious architecture in Zimbabwe: a critical anthropological treatise -- Chapter 9: Urban informality and spatial re-figuration -- Chapter 10: Gender, architecture and space -- Chapter 11: Summary and conclusion. . This volume is an empirical study examining the extent to which historic and iconic architecture and spaces in Zimbabwe - particularly in urban areas - have been mobilized to construct and reconstruct identities. The author explores the question of traditional and political architecture through analysis of a variety of structures, including monuments, museums, and indigenous and state buildings. Special attention is paid to the soapstone-carved Zimbabwe Bird, which for years has served as the national emblem. Overall, this book argues that while the production and use of architectural products and spaces have been regarded symbols of collective identity, they have also served as expressions of power and control. Human geography. 58506 Architecture History. 68764 Sociology, Urban. Environmental geography. 69017 Human Geography. 58506 Architectural History and Theory. 68766 Urban Sociology. 69514 Integrated Geography. 69018 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031477607 Printed edition: 9783031477621 Printed edition: 9783031477638 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47761-4 ZDB-2-EES ZDB-2-SXEE 57491 57491