Theorist

Jennifer Bloomer

1947–present Feminist architectural theory
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Details

Nationality
American

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
Reason
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Notes

[DRAFT] American feminist architectural theorist. 'Architecture and the Text' (1993) reads architecture as a signifying system through Joyce and Piranesi, deploying allegory, poststructuralist and feminist criticism to challenge the discipline's symbolic conventions.

Sources

  1. Jennifer Bloomer. Architecture and the Text: The (S)crypts of Joyce and Piranesi. Yale University Press, 1993.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Jennifer Bloomer." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/jennifer-bloomer/. Accessed July 17, 2026.