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 | | The Living House: An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia by Roxana Waterson ISBN-10: 019588941X ISBN-10: 0-19-588941-X ISBN-13: 9780195889413 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-588941-3 Hardcover 1990-06-28 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This work presents a detailed description of the centrally significant role of houses in South-East Asian social systems. Focusing on Indonesia, the book traces the historical links between architectural forms, revealing a much wider field of enquiry, closely related to the distribution of Austronesian languages and cultures, and extending as far as Madagascar, Japan, and Oceania. A vivid picture of how people shape buildings and buildings shape people, this study provides new insights into kinship systems, gender symbolism, cosmological ideas, and life itself. | ||
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Superlative This book is an incredible work of ethnographic documentation as well as a tremendous analysis of traditional architecture. Waterson demonstrates how elements of culture, including gender, kinship, and cosmology are reflected in house design and use. The books is filled with photographs and illustrations, both by Waterson and from various collections. This book is a must for anyone interested in South-East Asia, residential architecture, or material culture. | ||