Open AccessTHE QUESTION OF FEMALE BODY IN ARCHITECTURAL THEORY IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY
Author(s) -
Svetlana V. Petrushikhina,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
artikulʹt
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-6165
DOI - 10.28995/2227-6165-2021-2-91-96
Subject(s) - realm , architecture , perspective (graphical) , subject (documents) , aesthetics , perception , feminist theory , value (mathematics) , sociology , phenomenon , gender studies , epistemology , feminism , art , philosophy , history , visual arts , computer science , archaeology , machine learning , library science
This article is devoted to the phenomenon of female body in the foreign theory of architecture in the 1980‑s–90‑s. The works of D. Agrest, E. Grosz, D. Bloomer and D. Fausch are examined in the present paper. There are two perspectives on the problem of female corporeality: poststructuralist and phenomenological. Jennifer Bloomer and Diane Agrest adopt a poststructuralist critical strategy in which the notion of the feminine is considered as the “Other” of the logocentric architectural discourse. Elisabeth Gross notes that women have always been displaced from the realm of architecture. This is indicated not only by the absence of female architects, but also by the fact that the inherent attributes of female corporeality have been completely disregarded. Diane Agrest suggests that these attributes were appropriated by male architects. The phenomenological perspective on the female corporeality is reflected in Deborah Fausch's concept of “feminist architecture”. “Feminist architecture” brings back the value of concrete, sensual bodily experience in the perception of architecture. The subject's perceptual experience through the body allows the semantic dimension to unfold in the building.