A thoughtful and engaging contribution to the field that will have a sustained and lasting impact on the way feminist performance is defined and understood; as well as on how feminist histories and historiographies continue to challenge and transform the larger field of performance.---Charlotte Canning; The University of Texas at Austin"Harding forcefully challenges and destabilizes the male-centered Eurocentric genealogy of the avant-garde; which he claims is an uncontested; linear; positivistic history; unproblematized by theory. Then he argues that this gendered biased version of the European avant-garde is carried over into American historiography . . . A forceful case for a revisionist history."---Daniel Gerould; The City University of New York Graduate Center
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Valuable Insights Packed in a Tiny Little BookBy Noah FangIt might not be hard to imagine a short book about "manifesto" could contain a few "concept-defining" deduction or enlightment; while this one is packed with valuable insights and actually has an argument (with both the ideas and corresponding examples).The point might not be new; but its a pleasant read and can surely make you think. Recommended to anyone who doesnt hate architecture stuff.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very insightfulBy Alex CI have not read the book entirely but I must say that what I have read so far is eye opening. I must also say that some parts can be rather boring but over all; very interesting. And as a landscape architecture student seeking professional status; this book has given me some insight on design.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Simply informativeBy Sidney G.This book is basically a conceptual road map for architecture and why it exists as an art and a craft in our society. Its written very simply; which is really refreshing to read - instead of being weighed down and obfuscated by flowery language and grandiose ideas; theres something very grounded about Geddes writing. He has ideas and concepts about architecture which he wants to get across; and does so in an efficient; but not textbook-like way. When reading it you can tell that his knowledge is profound enough to boil down really big architectural ideas; like the concept of "collection of places" and the influence of nature on buildings; into plain-and-simple terms that lay everything out very clearly. As a soon-to-be architecture student this book has been a great guide in reaffirming in concrete terms the ideas I had floating around abstractly in my head. Ive learned a lot from this book; and I think anyone - architecture nerd or not - would benefit from the worldview they might gain with this books knowledge of history and society. However; the irony of having a book about fit having been designed in a narrow format that makes reading it less-than-comfortable should be noted. Was that really necessary? Regardless; this is a great book to add to someones architectural theory collection; and a book worth lending to others.
