 Gender Structure and Spatial OrganizationMinoosh Sadoughianzadeh SAGE Open, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 2158244013511258 Abstract: As a contribution to the widespread debate on the “gender reading†of the “built environment,†this article aims to situate the subject in a new context, the Iranian society. To depict the subject, two distinct traditional architectures of the region, associated with their respective socio-spatial organizations, have been comparatively explored: the “Introvert†and “Extrovert.†These two almost ageless “Introvert†and “Extrovert†architectures, evolved through centuries in different geographical parts of the country, are spatial patterns aptly illustrating how the “gender structure†of each social organization has contributed to the formation of the relevant “physical space†and, further, how the specific “gender relationships†are pertinently structured within each one of the two types of the spaces. Based on a systematic approach and through concentration on the macro-socio-spatial organization, this article is to explore the gender/space associated variations within either of the social systems they belong to. This perspective is particularly instrumental in pinpointing the Introvert and Extrovert architectures in the context of their social organizations and carefully scrutinizing “gender†and “space†categories as systematically integrated variables. Keywords: gender structure; space; Iran; introvert architecture; extrovert architecture; gender; socio-spatial organization (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:3:y:2013:i:4:p:2158244013511258 Access Statistics for this article More articles in SAGE Open |
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