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The living house : an anthropology of architecture in South-East Asia / Roxana Waterson.

By: Material type: TextTextVermont : Tuttle publishing, c2009Description: xix, 263 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780804841207
  • 0804841209
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 392.360959 WAT 23 002771
Summary: The Living House was the first book of its kind to present a detailed picture of the house within the social and symbolic worlds of Southeast Asian peoples. A pioneering title that has become a classic, this exemplary text draws on many sources of information, from architects and anthropologists, to the author's own firsthand research. As it probes into the centrally significant role of houses within Southeast Asian social systems, The Living House reveals new insights into kinship systems, gender symbolism and cosmological ideas, ultimately uncovering basic themes concerning the idea of life and life processes themselves. A vivid picture emerges of how people shape buildings and buildings shape people, as rules about layout and uses of space have an impact on social relationships.--Although intended first and foremost as a work of anthropology, The Living House will also appeal to architects, scholars and the interested general reader.--Publisher description.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 392.360959 WAT 002771 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 002771

Previous edition published: London : Thames and Hudson, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.

The Living House was the first book of its kind to present a detailed picture of the house within the social and symbolic worlds of Southeast Asian peoples. A pioneering title that has become a classic, this exemplary text draws on many sources of information, from architects and anthropologists, to the author's own firsthand research.

As it probes into the centrally significant role of houses within Southeast Asian social systems, The Living House reveals new insights into kinship systems, gender symbolism and cosmological ideas, ultimately uncovering basic themes concerning the idea of life and life processes themselves. A vivid picture emerges of how people shape buildings and buildings shape people, as rules about layout and uses of space have an impact on social relationships.--Although intended first and foremost as a work of anthropology, The Living House will also appeal to architects, scholars and the interested general reader.--Publisher description.

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