Inside Austronesian houses perspectives on domestic designs for living

The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of Austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them. The houses considered in this volume range from longhouses in Borneo t...

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Corporate Authors: Australian National University. Department of Anthropology (-), Australian National University. Comparative Austronesian Project
Other Authors: Fox, James J., 1940- editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : Australian National University E Press 2006.
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Summary:The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of Austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them. The houses considered in this volume range from longhouses in Borneo to the meeting-houses of the Maori of New Zealand and from the magnificent houses of the Minangkabau of Sumatra to the simpler dwellings of the population of Goodenough Island in Papua New Guinea. Together these papers indicate common features of domestic design from island South-East Asia to Melanesia and the Pacific. This volume is a publication of the Research School of Pacific Studies' Comparative Austronesian Project.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
Also available in print form
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
ISBN:9781920942847