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Levi-Strauss and Beyond

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Paperback | 3 July 1995

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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, 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.

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'The essays ... are replete with fascinating data that fulfil a central promise of contemporary anthropology ... at a time when fewer and fewer detailed ethnographies seem to be published.' Book Review Essays 'Mark this volume as another milestone in the rehabilitation of kinship studies. About the House is a worthwhile collection that both implements and critically evaluates Levi-Strauss's notion of the 'house society' in studies drawn from Southeast Asia and Amazonia. For both the teacher and the scholar, this book is worth the reading.' Peter Gose, University of Regina

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List of illustrations	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Houses and hierarchies in island Southeast Asia	p. 47
The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar	p. 69
The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak	p. 84
Houses in Langkawi: stable structures or mobile homes?	p. 105
Having your house and eating it: houses and siblings in Ara, South Sulawesi	p. 129
The Lio House: building, category, idea, value	p. 149
Houses and hierarchy: the view from a South Moluccan society	p. 170
Houses, places and people: community and continuity in Guiana	p. 189
The houses of the Mebengokre (Kayapo) of Central Brazil - a new door to their social organization	p. 206
Inside-out and back-to-front: the androgynous house in Northwest Amazonia	p. 226
Notes	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 270
Index	p. 287
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About the House

Levi-Strauss and Beyond

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