Urban Phantasmagorias examines the legacies of socialist housing in the city of Bucharest during the period of communist rule in Romania. The book is an important contribution to scholarship in architectural history and theory, urban and gender studies, and post-socialist and Eastern European studies.
Urban Phantasmagorias examines the legacies of socialist housing in the city of Bucharest during the period of communist rule in Romania. The book is...
Juliana Maxim s book is the first systematic architectural history of Romania under socialism. It examines the mechanisms through which modern Soviet architecture was invested with political meaning and, in reverse, how specific architectural solutions came to define city life and the socialist experience.
Each of the book s three parts spans the historical development of one key aspect of Romania s architectural culture during this period:
the planning and construction of housing districts in Bucharest
the creation and dissemination of a photographic...
Juliana Maxim s book is the first systematic architectural history of Romania under socialism. It examines the mechanisms through which modern Sovi...
This text focuses on Italian colonialism in the context of other European colonial systems, and explores Italian attitudes to other cultures, examining how this attitude of expansionism is reflected in the physical and ideological environment.
This text focuses on Italian colonialism in the context of other European colonial systems, and explores Italian attitudes to other cultures, examinin...
