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Analyzing A Range Of Ideas From Biological, Evolutionary And Anthropological Theories To A Variety Of Feminist, Psychoanalytic, Poststructuralist And Constructivist Discourses, This Book Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To The Problematics Of Gender And Power In Architectural And Urban Design. Introduction -- Women In The History Of Art And Architecture -- Biological And Social Differences -- Matriarchal Architecture -- The Tradition Of Psychoanalysis -- Gender In The History Of Architecture -- Women In Ancient Greece And Rome -- Gendered Spaces -- The Mechanisms Of The Optical -- The Private House -- Mechanisms Of Separation -- Conclusions. Dörte Kuhlmann. Adapted From A Translation Of Raum, Macht, Differenz: Gender In Der Architektur, Edition Selene, Wien 2005. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.