{"product_id":"contentious-spaces-maja-babic-9789462705050","title":"Contentious Spaces: Uncovering the Hidden Narratives of State-Socialist Built Heritage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe architectural heritage of socialist modernism and conservation in former Eastern Bloc countries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContentious Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e explores the heritage of state-socialist architecture and urbanism, examining the socio-political, economic, and cultural processes that shaped these developments. The articles collected in this volume investigate both the conservation and preservation of this heritage, as well as the historicisation of modernist architectural vocabulary in the contemporary era. Moreover, the texts consider state-socialist architecture and urban planning heritage in relation to today's built environment globally and current geopolitical and socio-cultural processes.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContentious Spaces expands existing scholarship by engaging with marginalised actors and spaces within post-socialist discourse. This includes acknowledging the architectural heritage of women architects and minorities, as well as the links between the political centres of power and modernist architecture in geopolitical peripheries and their contemporary heritage. Geographically, the chapters engage with East-Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and other post-socialist spaces worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributing authors: Abigail Karas (University of St Andrews), Tatjana Aleksic (University of Michigan), Elsa Turkusic Juric (University of Sarajevo), Carmen Popescu (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris Val-de-Seine), Nikolina Bobic (University of Plymouth), Jovana Janinovic (University of Montenegro), Emma Louise Leahy (Sapienza Università di Roma), Nadezda Gobova (University College London), Ruxandra Balcanu (\"Ion Mincu\" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Polina Gundarina (Leibniz-Institute for History and Culture of Eastern Europe) and Marina Sapunova, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maja Babic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9462705054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789462705050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d","brand":"Maja Babic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588408258815,"sku":"9789462705050","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contentious-spaces-maja-babic-9789462705050","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}