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Space, Gender and Urban Architecture (Focus on Civilizations and Cultures)

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This book explores the historical roots of the current status of women in Malta, and through extensive examination of the intricate interconnectedness between history, culture, religion and the use of space in architecture (specifically the Maltese covered balcony), suggests the provenance dates back to era of the Knights of Malta who ruled between 1530 and 1798. Malta boasts hundreds of open-air stone balconies, a common architectural characteristic of Mediterranean subtropical climates, allowing air to circulate through the home during the hot summers. However, Malta also has many covered or boxed-balconies called Gallarija, especially in the capital city of Valletta where the Knights lived. They are a costly addition counterproductive to the balconies intended purpose. The first known Gallarija-type balcony sits on the Magistral Palace built by the Knights in 1675. The Knights of Malta, a group of ultra-religious celibate warriors from Western European aristocracy with a mission to prevent the Muslim expansion into Europe at any cost. With full support from the Pope, the Knights ruled Malta with an iron first for over 250 years and imposed their male dominated social and political ideology, completely devaluing womanly contribution to the social, economic and political development of Malta. The Knights were forbidden from any contact with women, a vow they were not willing to uphold, and thus the author argues that the Knights adopted the Gallarija to reinforce the self-imposed isolation and conceal their illicit sexual relations with Maltese women and prostitutes. The author presents historical evidence and accounts connecting the Maltese Gallarija to Moushrabiyya and similar covered balconies found throughout Muslim countries of North Africa and the Middle East. The Muslim counterparts were made of carved wood latticework initially designed to keep water cool and later to obscure segregated women within the home. The Knights consciously and intentionally modified the design by adding glass and shutters to completely isolate themselves from citizens, and most importantly to ensure their sins go unnoticed. About the Author Cyrus Vakili-Zad is a retired urban sociologist who lived in Malta from 2003 to 2012, lecturing on housing, homelessness and women's issues at the department of public policy, University of Malta. In addition to many articles published in professional journals, in 2006 he published counting the homeless in Malta' ; in 2007, a book, Housing Policy in Malta, Malta's Place in the Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Union Press, Marsa, Malta; in 2013 Domestic Violence and the Feminization of Homelessness in Malta; and 2014 Domestic Violence and the Feminization of Homelessness in Malta. Cyrus is associated with the Neighbourhood Change, University of Toronto.

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Format: paperback
ASIN: 153613015X
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Architecture > History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 January 2018
Listed Since: 08 November 2017

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