Sabir Khan spotlights the experiences of two South Asian women who return to their homelands after several years abroad to discover changes in their native landscape. Part II, 'Literary Memory Spaces,' focuses on the treatment of place in literature. Eric Sandweiss discusses American urban history museums Mark Jarzombek addresses the reconstruction of Dresden, Germany Fernando Lara contrasts Brazilian modern architecture to earlier European modernism and Maria de Lourdes Luz and Ana Lucia Santos look at Brazilian history through the prism of the coffee plantation system. Part I, 'Designing National Memories,' examines the ways institutions and individuals construct national memory.
Using the analytical perspectives of architecture, comparative literature, and cultural studies, the essays in Memory and Architecture examine the role of memory in the creation of our built environment.
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