| Gender and Feminist Methods and Theories (The following titles are in the Reference Collections) |
Encyclopedia of feminist theories. (HQ1190 .E63 2000)
A concise glossary of feminist theory. (HQ1115 .L68 1997)
Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History. (E169.1 .E624 2001)
- vol. II, part9. Cultural groups--women (p423);
- vol. II, part7. The 1960s and 1970s--Second-Wave feminism (p161);
- vol. II, part 17.Methods and Concepts--Gender ) (p695).
Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000. (HN373 .E63 2001)
Feminist writers. (PN451 .F46 1996 )
The dictionary of feminist theory. (HQ1115 .H86 1995)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (online)
Biographical, critical essays and bibliographies on literary figures from all eras and genres and 20th century American and European cultural theorists such as Simone De Beauvoir, Helene Cixous, and Judith Butler.
A dictionary of cultural and critical theory. (Ref. HM101 .D527 1996) |
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| Start with a Keyword search on the broad topic of gender and architecture: |
Tips:
- Or and ( ) used together to search for any or all of the related concepts and expressions.
- * is truncation symbol, and it searches for all forms of the word, architect, architecture, architectural, etc.;
- su: searching for a match only in the subject field for precision in results.
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| Following are some books found by the above search; notice many of the authors in your course readings. |
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Allen, Polly Wynn, 1936- |
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Hayden, Dolores. |
Building domestic liberty: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's architectural feminism. |
Redesigning the American dream : the future of housing, work, and family life. |
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Hayden, Dolores |
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Rendell, Jane |
The grand domestic revolution : a history of feminist designs for American homes, neighborhoods, and cities. |
The pursuit of pleasure: gender, space & architecture in Regency London. |
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Francesca Hughes (editor) |
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Brenda Martin and Penny Sparke (editors) |
| The architect: reconstructing her practice. |
Women's places: architecture and design 1860-1960. |
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Rosner, Victoria. |
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Helen Hills (editor) |
Modernism and the architecture of private life. |
Architecture and the politics of gender in early modern Europe. |
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Journal Articles (On the Tisch Library Website, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select Databases and Articles)
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Start with a search in the primary database for
Architecture, urban design, historic preservation, and urban planning history:
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, 1934 - |
Tips:
- You can use the same keywords as we did in the above library catalog search.
- You can search for a match of all the words in the Subject field to be more precise. (Everything in this database is about or related to architecture, while the Catalog covers every research subjects and academic disciplines.)
- You have the option to limit your search results to the English language. The pros and cons are that you might miss some relevant records, yet the initial results would be easier to go through.
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| Examine your search results and learn about many different aspects of the broad topic; pay close attention to the keywords you can use to refine your search. (The links are not active in the records.) |
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Leers, Andrea, 1942- ; Weinzapfel, Jane, 1943- ; Balmori, Diana, 1942- ; Seraji, Nasrine, 1957- |
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Competitions, opportunities and gender. |
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Competitions 2000 Summer, p.16-[25] |
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photos., ports., drawings, models, sections, details, maps, plans, site plans, computer drawings, axonometric drawings. |
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Panel discussion held at the Van Alen Institute in New York City on Apr.18, 2000. The discussion centered around opportunities which competitions, past and future, present to female architects, and whether the present competition system is always fair in respect to gender. |
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Competitions.
Women architects.
Gender issues. |
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Hanna, Bronwyn. |
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Three feminist analyses of the built environment / |
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Architectural theory review: journal of the Department of Architecture, the University of Sydney 1996 Apr., v.1, n.1, p.20-29 |
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Addresses the diversity of academic feminist analyses of the relations between sex/gender/bodies and space/place/design. The approaches fall into three main groupings: liberal humanist feminist; critical theory feminist; and postmodern feminist. |
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Feminism.
Built environments.
Gender issues.
Space (Architecture). |
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Includes abstract.; Includes bibliographical references. |
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Hankwitz, Holly |
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The right to rewrite: Feminism and architectural theory |
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Inland architect 1991 Jan.-Feb., v.35, no.1, p.52-55 |
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photos., sketch, refs. |
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Feminism
Architectural design -- Theory -- Sociological aspects -- United States |
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Bergren, Ann
Colomina, Beatriz
Bloomer, Jennifer
Friedman, Alice
McCleod, Mary |
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Part of a feature section on "Architecture by women". Discusses Ann Bergren, Beatriz Colomina, Jennifer Bloomer, Alice Friedman, Mary McCleod, and others.; Includes bibliographical references. |
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Author(s): |
McPeck, Eleanor M. |
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Education's role examined / |
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Landscape architecture 1995 May, v.85, n.5, p.42-45 |
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photos, ports., site plans. |
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Brief history of early women landscape architects in the U.S. and the recent changes in the number of women teaching and studying landscape architecture. |
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Women landscape architects -- History -- United States.
Landscape architecture -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Gender issues. |
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Author(s): |
Gordon, Beverly. |
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Woman's domestic body: the conceptual conflation of women and interiors in the industrial age |
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Winterthur portfolio 1996 Winter, v.31, n.4, p.[281]-301 |
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ill., photos., ports., drawings. |
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A comparative look "at the historical conception, treatment, and decoration of the body and the house" from ca. 1870 to the 1910s, in the U.S. |
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Interior design -- 19th century -- Sociological aspects -- United States.
Gender issues.
Sex role in architecture.
Fashion -- History -- United States. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Author(s): |
Shane, Grahame. ; Greed, Clara, 1948-. ; Weisman, Leslie Kanes. ; Wekerle, Gerda R. ; Whitzman, Carolyn. |
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Discrimination by design [by] Leslie Kanes Weisman [and] Women and planning [by] Clara H. Greed [and] Safe cities [by] Gerda Wekerle, Carolyn Whitzman [book review] / |
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Harvard design magazine 1997 Winter-Spring, p.74-75 |
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Published in 1992, 1994, and 1995. |
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SUBJECT(S) |
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Safety.
Cities and towns -- 20th century.
City planning and women.
City planning -- Sociological aspects.
Discrimination.
Feminism.
Gender issues.
Architectural design -- Sociological aspects. |
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Suggestions for further searches:
- (women or female or femin* or gender) and domestic*
- (women or female or femin* or gender) and aesthetic*
- "Architecture as a profession" and women
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Tip: these databases may overlap, but some are better starting points than others in the contexts of specific research needs and focuses of topics. |
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