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Sufi City : urban design and archetypes in Touba /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Eric, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2006.
Series:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
Subjects:
Touba (Senegal) > Geography.
Sufism > Social aspects > Senegal > Touba.
Landscapes > Social aspects > Senegal > Touba.
Symbolism in architecture > Senegal > Touba.
City and town life > Senegal > Touba.
City planning > Senegal > Touba.
Landscape architecture > Senegal > Touba.
City and town life > Senegal > Case studies.
City planning > Senegal > Case studies.
Islamic cities and towns > Senegal > Case studies.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Archetypes: Sufi phenomenology and the semiosis of landscape
  • Urban design: the spatial configuration of a spiritual project
  • Marabout Republics then and now: autonomous Muslim towns in Senegal
  • The Pénc: trees and urban design in West Africa.