In what is probably the first theoretical treatment of race in architectural discourse, Field investigates how people understand the variety of effects and consequences produced by canonical philosophical figures such as Hegel and Saussure on present discourses purportedly so preoccupied with difference, otherness, and alterity; how countervailing and counterhegemonic forces can be constructed and brought to bear against the dominant racist formulations; and the constructive effort to constitute an indigenous yet hybrid black tradition of cultural practices that may inform and inspire a distinctive architectural discourse. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
