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Book SynopsisExplores the ways that American writing between roughly 1850 and 1930 concerned itself, often intensely, with the racial implications of architectural space primarily, but not exclusively, through domestic architecture.
Trade Review[A] fascinating book. -- T.Bonner Jr. * Choice *
[The] book promises to invigorate critical conversations in the interdisciplinary study of literature and architecture. * Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment *
Like the work of Dell Upton,Sites Unseenintertwines the study of vernacular architecture and social history; it brings an altogether original perspective to the subject of the imprint of race relations on the architectural landscape.... One cannot recommend this innovative interdisciplinary study too highly. * Michel Imbert, Transatlantica *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Race, Writing, Architecture: American Patterns 1 Cottage Desire: The Bondwoman's Narrative and the Politics of Antebellum Space 2 Piazza Tales: Architecture, Race, and Memory in Charles Chesnutt's Conjure Stories 3 Imperial Bungalow: Structures of Empire in Richard Harding Davis and Olga Beatriz Torres 4 Keyless Rooms: Frank Lloyd Wright and Charlie Chan Coda: Black Cabin, White House Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
