Sites of Memory : Persepectives on Architecture and Race

The issue of race in architecture is a complicated and often divisive one.

Traditional methods of architectural history and theory tend to attribute a city's civic and cultural identity to the dominant culture.

Ignored are more marginal cultures without a tradition of public building, often preventing a complete understanding of the city and the forces that shape it.

The essays in this volume explore the historic and contemporary effects of race upon the development of the built environment, and examine the myths and realities of America's racial landscape.

The book's multidisciplinary approach identifies and interprets the black cultural landscape, examining its visual, spatial, and ideological dimensions.