Maneval, S;
(2019)
New Islamic Urbanism: The Architecture of Public and Private Space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
Since the dawn of the oil era, cities in Saudi Arabia have witnessed rapid growth and profound societal changes. As a response to foreign architectural solutions and the increasing popularity of Western lifestyles, a distinct style of architecture and urban planning has emerged. Characterised by an emphasis on privacy, expressed through high enclosures, gates, blinds, and tinted windows, ‘New Islamic Urbanism’ constitutes for some an important element of piety. For others, it enables alternative ways of life, indulgence in banned social practices, and the formation of both publics and counterpublics. Tracing the emergence of ‘New Islamic Urbanism’, this book sheds light on the changing conceptions of public and private space, in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, in the Saudi city of Jeddah. It challenges the widespread assumption that the public sphere is exclusively male in Muslim contexts such as Saudi Arabia, where women’s public visibility is limited by the veil and strict rules of gender segregation. Showing that the rigid segregation regime for which the country is known serves to constrain the movements of men and women alike, Stefan Maneval provides a nuanced account of the negotiation of public and private spaces in Saudi Arabia.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | New Islamic Urbanism: The Architecture of Public and Private Space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| ISBN-13: | 9781787356429 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787356429 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787356429 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Stefan Maneval, 2019 Images © Author and copyright holders named in captions, 2019 This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work; to adapt the work and to make commercial use of the work providing attribution is made to the authors (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Attribution should include the following information: Maneval, S. 2019. New Islamic Urbanism: The Architecture of Public and Private Space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. London, UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111. 9781787356429 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Any third-party material in this book is published under the book’s Creative Commons license unless indicated otherwise in the credit line to the material. If you would like to re-use any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons license, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder |
| Keywords: | Saudi Arabia, architecture, anthropology, Islam |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086892 |
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