Résumé de "About The House : Levi-Strauss And Beyond"

The domestic unit is inseparable from its homestead, and the "house," at once a physical place and a social unit, is often also a unit of production and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Lévi-Strauss' suggestion that the multi-functional noble houses of Medieval Europe were simply the best-known examples of a widespread social institution, the contributors to this collection analyze "house" systems in Southeast Asia and South America, exploring the interrelationships among buildings ... Lire la suite , people, and ideas. They reveal some of the ways in which houses can stand for social groups and serve as images of process and order.