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Regulation and Transformation: A Content Analysis of the Representation of Women in Architecture New Zealand , 1998–2008.
| Title: | Regulation and Transformation: A Content Analysis of the Representation of Women in Architecture New Zealand , 1998–2008. |
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| Authors: | Smitheram, Jan (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Architectural Theory Review. Aug2012, Vol. 17 Issue 2/3, p299-316. 18p. |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how gender is a factor in the development and reproduction of the professional identity of architects, as manifest in the journal,Architecture New Zealand,the official magazine of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. From this journal, 437 advertisements published during the period, 1998–2008, are analysed to evaluate how women are portrayed. To theorise these results, the paper draws upon the work of Judith Butler, which offers a means of theorising how images of women are regulated withinArchitecture NZ. The paper builds upon Butler's work by also examining Karen Barad's understanding of gender, bodies and images as intra-relational. Thus, the paper explores the theoretical utility of bringing together Butler and Barad's work to develop a feminist project to theorise the production and reproduction of professional identity within architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | *Women architects, *Architecture, Content analysis, Professional identity, Gender differences (Sociology) |
| Geographic Terms: | New Zealand |
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| ISSN: | 13264826 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13264826.2012.738691 |
| Database: | Art & Architecture Complete |
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