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About the House Lévi-Strauss and Beyond

Paperback • 1995 • English

About the House Lévi-Strauss and Beyond

By Janet Carsten, Stephen Hugh-Jones

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About the book

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 interrelatio...Show more

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9780521479530

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

About the House Lévi-Strauss and Beyond

Format

Paperback

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