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008 060516s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a1580462170 (hardcover : alk. paper)
024 3 $a9781580462174
035 $a(OCoLC)OCM69671860
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050 00 $aDT549.9.T68$bR67 2006
082 00 $a307.1/41609663$222
100 1 $aRoss, Eric,$d1962-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99090341
245 10 $aSufi City :$burban design and archetypes in Touba /$cEric Ross.
260 $aRochester :$bUniversity of Rochester Press,$c2006.
300 $axv, 290 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aRochester studies in African history and the diaspora,$x1092-5228
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tArchetypes : Sufi phenomenology and the semiosis of landscape -- $g2.$tUrban design : the spatial configuration of a spiritual project -- $g3.$tMarabout republics then and now : autonomous Muslim towns in Senegal -- $g4.$tThe Pene : trees and urban design in West Africa.
520 1 $a"Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has designed and built the entire city. Important aspects of its configuration, such as the vertical and horizontal alignment of its monumental central shrine complex, its radiating avenues and encircling ring roads, and the actual trees that mark its landscape relate directly to the archetypal tree of Sufi theosophy." "The book employs a semiotic analysis of urban form, cartography, hermeneutics, field investigation, and analysis of satellite imagery in order to relate contemporary urban design issues to overarching metaphysical concepts. Sufi City also explores the history of urban networks in Senegal since the emergence of autonomous Muslim towns in the seventeenth century. Finally, the layout of Senegal's modern Sufi cities is related to the monumental palaver trees that marked that country's historical settlements."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aTouba (Senegal)$xGeography.
650 0 $aSufism$xSocial aspects$zSenegal$zTouba.
650 0 $aLandscapes$xSocial aspects$zSenegal$zTouba.
650 0 $aSymbolism in architecture$zSenegal$zTouba.
650 0 $aCity and town life$zSenegal$zTouba.
650 0 $aCity planning$zSenegal$zTouba.
650 0 $aLandscape architecture$zSenegal$zTouba.
650 0 $aCity and town life$zSenegal$vCase studies.
650 0 $aCity planning$zSenegal$vCase studies.
650 0 $aIslamic cities and towns$zSenegal$vCase studies.
830 0 $aRochester studies in African history and the diaspora.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97052711
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006016349.html
852 80 $bave$hAA9277 Se56$iR73