The Home (eBook, PDF)

Words, Interpretations, Meanings and Environments
Redaktion: Benjamin, David N.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1995, this title by by leading theorists and empirical researchers offers an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural spectrum of viewpoints on the study of the home concept. It focuses on refining our concepts of home, our knowledge of the uses of home, and the relationship of home to the study of cultural interpretation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040149959
• Artikelnr.: 72337360

Autorenporträt

David N. Benjamin received his PhD in Architecture from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim, Norway with a study on the ancient Scandinavian home, and at the time of original publication was consultant to architects and research organizations in the US and Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

New Series Introduction to the Reissue David Canter and David Stea.
Foreword David Saile. Acknowledgements. Introduction David N. Benjamin
Part One - Home: Toward a Definition of the Concept 1. Home: The Term and
the Concept from a Linguistic and Settlement-Historical Viewpoint Stefan
Brink 2. A Critical Look at the Concept "Home" Amos Rapoport 3. Deciphering
Home: An Integrative Historical Perspective Roderick J. Lawrence 4. The
Home and Homes Bror Westman Part Two - Home as a Cultural Interpretation
Tool 5. Archaeological Houses, Households, Housework, and the Home Ruth
Tringham 6. House and Home in Viking Age Iceland: Cultural Expression in
Scandinavian Colonial Architecture Neil S. Price 7. Identity, Intimacy and
Domicile - Notes on the Phenomenology of Home Juhani Pallasmaa Part Three -
Home as Reflection of Societal Contention and Change 8. Domicide: The
Destruction of Home J. Douglas Porteous 9. Ethnoarchaeology and the Concept
of Home: A Cross-Cultural Analysis Susan Kent 10. House and Home: Identity,
Dichotomy, or Dialectic? David Stea 11. The Origin of the Hall in Southern
Scandinavia Frands Herschend 12. Sustaining a Sense of Home and Personal
Identity Majorie Bulos and Waheed Chaker Part Four - Home and House:
Lessons from the Past for the Present 13. Denmark's Living Housing
Tradition Jørn Ørum-Nielsen 14. The Home and Housing Modernization Tomas
Wikström 15. What Can We Learn from the Reconstruction of Pre-Historic
Buildings? Eje Arén Part Five Afterword, or Further Research Issues in
Confronting the Home Concept David N. Benjamin. List of Contributors.