The House in Southeast Asia: A Changing Social, Economic and Political Domain
- ISBN-10
- 1136824456
- ISBN-13
- 9781136824456
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-04
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Signe Howell, Stephen Sparkes
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.
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