1st Edition

House Life Space, Place and Family in Europe

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

This book, which fills a gap on the materiality of lived relations, examines households within the context of their immediate physical surroundings of home and shows how human interactions are reflected in built forms. Houses are dynamic participants in family life in many ways. They often pre-date the origins and outlast the life spans of their inhabitants, but they can exert a powerful influence... Read more
Notes on Contributors, Preface, Introduction: Houses and Families in Europe, Part I: House, Family and the Construction of History, Part II: Houses and the Construction of Family Life, Part III: House and Symbol The Power of Constructions, Author Index, Subject Index

Biography

Donna Birdwell-Pheasant, Lamar University Denise Lawrence-Züniga, California State Polytechnic University