03477nam a22003377a 4500 pucpr 20200929164634.0 200929b2019 aoeb| b||| 001 0 eng d 9781138210691 1138210692 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET 297632 Desai, Madhavi 1951- Women architects and modernism in India : narratives and contemporary practices Madhavi Desai. txt London ; New York : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, New Delhi, India : Exclusively distributed by Manohar Publishers & Distributors 2019. xxii, 408 p. : ill.; photo.; map.; plans.; col. ; 26 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc 297631 Visual and media histories Women architects and modernism in India : narratives and contemporary practices. Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-404) and index. Part I --Introduction --Part II --Modernism, Architecture and Women in India --Part III --Early Narratives --1. Perin Jamshedji Mistri --2. Urmila Eulie Chowdhury --3. Gira Sarabhai --4. Pravina Mehta --5. Hema Sankalia --6. Hema Patel --7. Madhu Sarin Part IV Contemporary Practices --8. Minakshi Jain --9. Renu Mistry --10. Namita Singh --11. Brinda Somaya --12. Neera Adarkar --13. Meena Mani --14. Parul Zaveri --15. Nalini Thakur --16. Revathi Kamath --17. Sheila Sri Prakash --18. Vandana Ranjithsinh --19. Anjali Yagnik-- 20. Sujatha Shankar --21. Sonali Bhagwati --22. Suhasini Ayer-Guigan --23. Canna Patel --24. Chitra Vishwanath --25. Shimul Javeri Kadri --26. Samira Rathod --27. Pratima Joshi --28. Gurmeet Rai --29. Anupama Kundoo --30. Latha Raman Jaigopal --31. Mona Doctor-Pingel --32. Nisha Mathew --3. Shikha Jain --34. Archana Chaudhary --35. Shilpa Ranade --Part V --Towards Conclusions "Studies on architecture in South Asia continue to ignore women in canonical histories of the discipline. This book attempts to recover the stories of the women architects whose careers nearly parallel the development of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India. Writing their experiences into the narrative of mainstream architectural history within the challenge of non-existent archives, it sheds light on seven pioneering women who broke male bastions to go beyond the traditional confines of the era from the 1940s onwards. The author also examines 28 contemporary practices to demonstrate the ways in which architectural modernism in India was shaped by the contribution of women. The book uses a format that weaves together social, professional and biographical factors into a productive account; pluralizes various concepts of design; and redefines the idea of 'work' of women through a greater range of activities, including pedagogy, mentoring and activism. Alluding to challenges faced by women, the study celebrates practices in diverse regional settings even as the designers move in transnational contexts in an increasingly globalizing India." 190187 Women architects India 54076 Architects India 54081 Architecture India 196801 Architectural practice India 137430 Modern movement Architecture India 18895 India lcc 6 NA1997 General D47 2019 295322 295322 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2020-05-11 GOBI 43.46 0 General NA1997 D47 2019 91000000063222 2020-09-29 00:00:00 1 53.46 2020-05-11 6