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Emotion, Mission, Architecture provides a groundbreaking analysis of hospital design and construction in Persia and British India between 1865 and 1914. Sara Honarmand Ebrahimi investigates how architecture served as a vehicle for conveying emotional messages and advancing colonial and missionary agendas in medical spaces.
The book examines the intersection of emotion, ideology, and built environment during a transformative period of imperial expansion and medical modernization. Ebrahimi demonstrates how hospitals were not merely functional structures but carefully designed spaces that reflected power dynamics, cultural values, and the objectives of both colonial administrators and missionary organizations.
Through detailed architectural analysis and historical research, this work illuminates how physical spaces influenced patient experiences and shaped perceptions of Western medicine in colonial contexts. The study contributes significantly to understanding the cultural history of medicine, colonial architecture, and the ways built environments communicate complex social and political messages.
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