Women, practice, architecture : 'resigned accommodation' and 'usurpatory practice' / edited by Naomi Stead. - xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1."Resigned Accommodation" and the "Usurpatory Strategies" of Women in Architecture: An Introduction / Naomi Stead -- 2.Women Architects and Their Discontents / Fiona M. Wilson -- 3.Identification Through Disidentification: A Life Course Perspective on Professional Belonging / Katarzyna Kosmala -- 4.The Woman/Architect Distinction / Karen Burns -- 5."Nothing Else Will Do": The Call for Gender Equality in Architecture in Britain / Gill Matthewson -- 6.Hard Hats and Aprons: Pioneering Female Architects Portrayed by the Press in Puerto Rico / Norma Isa Figueroa -- 7.Limited Visibility: Portraits of Women Architects / Nicole Allan -- 8.Aptitude and Capacity: Published Views of the Australian Woman Architect / Julie Willis -- 9.Genius, Gender and Architecture: The Star System as Exemplified in the Pritzker Prize / Hilde Heynen -- 10.ZAHA: An Image of "The Woman Architect" / Igea Troiani -- Contents note continued: 11.A Cross-National Study of Accommodating and "Usurpatory" Practices by Women Architects in the UK, Spain and France / Marie Diop -- 12.A "New Institutional" Perspective on Women's Position in Architecture: Considering the Cases of Australia and Sweden / Naomi Stead -- 13.Fabrication and Ms Conduct: Scrutinising Practice through Feminist Theory / Patricia Belford.

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