Violence Taking Place: The Architecture of the Kosovo Conflict

by Andrew Herscher

Book Overview

While the construction of architecture has a place in architectural discourse, its destruction, generally seen as incompatible with the very idea of "culture," has been neglected in theoretical and historical discussion. Responding to this neglect, Herscher examines the case of the former Yugoslavia and in particular, Kosovo, where targeting architecture has been a prominent dimension of political violence. Rather than interpreting violence against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804769362
• ISBN13: 9780804769365
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"