The house in Southeast Asia : a changing social, economic and political domain / / editors, Stephen Sparkes, Signe Howell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787588203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-136-82452-9; 1-315-02780-1; 1-136-82445-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
• Collana: NIAS studies in Asian topics ; ; Volume 28
• Altri autori (Persone): HowellSigne; SparkesStephen
• Disciplina: 392.3/60959
• Soggetti: Dwellings - Social aspects - Southeast Asia; Dwellings - Southeast Asia; Architecture, Domestic - Southeast Asia; Politics and culture - Southeast Asia; Southeast Asia Social life and customs 20th century Congresses; Southeast Asia Economic conditions 20th century Congresses; Southeast Asia Social conditions 20th century Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This collection of essays stems from a conference organized by the Nordic Association for Southeast Asian Studies (NASEAS) that was held in September 1996 at the Ethnographic Museum, University of Oslo"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction : the changing domain of the house in Southeast Asia / Stephen Sparkes -- 2. The house as analytic concept : a theoretical overview / Signe Howell -- 3. The immortality of the house in Tana Toraja / Roxana Waterson -- 4. Malay meanings and metaphors in the Jambi Seberang house / Fiona Kerlogue -- 5. The house as a symbol of identity among the Baba of Melaka / Kristin Hastflatt -- 6. Village, house and identity in Pipikoro / Arve Sørum -- 7. Who's in charge around here? : struggle for leadership in a changing world among the Kelabit of Sarawak / Monica Janowski -- 8. Toba Batak women as custodians of the house / Janet Rodenburg -- 9. House and moral community among the Tai Yong in Northern Thailand / Ing-Britt ; Trankell -- 10. From house to household : residence and kinship among the Isan of Northeast Thailand / Stephen Sparkes -- 11. Borgo fishermen : the house, the fish house and the giop sailing boat in North Sulawesi / Sini Cedercreutz -- 12. Inverted posts for the granary : opposition and reversal in Toba Batak architecture / Gaudenz Domenig -- 13. Fixed spaces for fluxed sentiments : defence perimeters for life and death domains in the South R¢kkum / Arne Sørum.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the concept of 'house' in the context of Levi-Strauss' idea of the house as a link between kinship-based societies and class societies, developing this further into an examination of a conjuncture of architecture, people and symbolism.