Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Houses and hierarchies in island Southeast Asia
- 3 The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar
- 4 The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak
- 5 Houses in Langkawi: stable structures or mobile homes?
- 6 Having your house and eating it: houses and siblings in Ara, South Sulawesi
- 7 The Lio House: building, category, idea, value
- 8 Houses and hierarchy: the view from a South Moluccan society
- 9 Houses, places and people: community and continuity in Guiana
- 10 The houses of the Mẽbengokre (Kayapó) of Central Brazil – a new door to their social organization
- 11 Inside-out and back-to-front: the androgynous house in Northwest Amazonia
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Houses and hierarchies in island Southeast Asia
- 3 The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar
- 4 The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak
- 5 Houses in Langkawi: stable structures or mobile homes?
- 6 Having your house and eating it: houses and siblings in Ara, South Sulawesi
- 7 The Lio House: building, category, idea, value
- 8 Houses and hierarchy: the view from a South Moluccan society
- 9 Houses, places and people: community and continuity in Guiana
- 10 The houses of the Mẽbengokre (Kayapó) of Central Brazil – a new door to their social organization
- 11 Inside-out and back-to-front: the androgynous house in Northwest Amazonia
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- About the HouseLévi-Strauss and Beyond, pp. 253 - 269Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995