ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 7|19 pages
Who's in Charge Around Here?
Struggle for leadership in a changing world among the Kelabit of Sarawak
chapter 10|21 pages
From House to Household
Residence and kinship among the Isan of Northeast Thailand
chapter 11|24 pages
Borgo Fishermen
The house, the fish house and the giop sailing boat in North Sulawesi
chapter 12|24 pages
Inverted Posts for the Granary
Opposition and reversal in Toba Batak architecture
chapter 13|22 pages
Fixed Spaces for Fluxed Sentiments
Defence perimeters for life and death domains in the South Ryukyus
