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The House in Southeast Asia: A Changing Social, Economic and Political Domain
Author(s): Signe Howell (Editor), Stephen Sparkes
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: October 3, 2002
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 286 pages
- ISBN-10: 0700711570
- ISBN-13: 9780700711574
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Review in – Anthropos, Vol 99, 2004
‘Although this book is written for anthropologists, the sheer richness of the ethnographic materials described in it will reward some general readers.’ – The Times Higher Education Supplement
About the Author
Signe Howell, Stephen Sparkes
