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Inside Austronesian houses : perspectives on domestic designs for living /

"The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of Austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them. The houses considered in this volume range from longhouses in Bo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Australian National University. Comparative Austronesian Project
Otros Autores: Fox, James J., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2006.
Colección:Comparative Austronesian series
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Comparative perspectives on Austronesian houses : An introductory essay / James J. Fox
  • The Lahanan longhouse / Jennifer Alexander
  • Good walls make bad neighbours : The Dayak longhouse as a community of voices / Christine Helliwell
  • Posts, hearths and thresholds : The Iban longhouse as a ritual structure / Clifford Sather
  • Raising the house post and feeding the husband-givers : The spatial categories of social reproduction among the Minangkabau / Cecilia Ng
  • Memories of ridge-poles and cross-beams : The categorical foundations of a Rotinese cultural design / James J. Fox
  • The Kaluana house of secrets / Michael W. Young
  • Maori meeting-houses in and over time / Toon van Meijl
  • Houses and the built environment in island south-east Asia : Tracing some shared themes in the uses of space / Roxana Waterson.