About the house: Lévi-Strauss and beyond

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The domestic unit is inseparable from its homestead, and the 'house', at once a physical place and a social unit, is often also a unit of production and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Lévi-Strauss's suggestion that the multi-functional noble houses of medieval Europe were simply the best-known examples of a widespread social institution, the contributors to this collection analyse 'house' systems in Southeast Asia and South America, exploring the interrelat…

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Full title :About the house : Lévi-Strauss and beyond / edited by Janet Carsten and Stephen Hugh-Jones.

Summary

The domestic unit is inseparable from its homestead, and the 'house', at once a physical place and a social unit, is often also a unit of production and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Lévi-Strauss's suggestion that the multi-functional noble houses of medieval Europe were simply the best-known examples of a widespread social institution, the contributors to this collection analyse 'house' systems in Southeast Asia and South America, exploring the interrelationships between buildings, people, and ideas. They reveal some of the ways in which houses can stand for social groups and serve as images of process and order.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780511607653, 0511607652
oclc:ocn817933893
LC Classification:GN414
Dewey Decimal:307.3/36

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Subjects

Amérique du Sud -- Mœurs et coutumes Antropologia Cult Social Asie du Sud-Est -- Mœurs et coutumes Aufsatzsammlung Dwellings Dwellings -- Social aspects Dwellings -- South America Dwellings -- Southeast Asia Ethnologie Ethnologie -- Amérique du Sud Ethnologie -- Asie du Sud-Est Ethnosoziologie Habitacao (sociologia) Habitations -- Amérique du Sud Habitations -- Asie du Sud-Est Habitations -- Aspect social Habitations -- Études transculturelles Haus Hausbau Indians of South America -- Kinship