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Housing and Identity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Housing and Identity Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Edited By James S. Duncan Copyright 1982
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1982, Housing and Identity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives represents an attempt by scholars in a number of different disciplines to bring a common social-psychological perspective to bear on the study of the house and its relation to the self and the nature of the social order. The house, it is argued, is an extremely important aspect of the built environment, embodying... Read more

List of Tables and Figures.  Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction James S. Duncan  2. Identity and Environment: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Amos Rapoport  3. From Container of Women to Status Symbol: The Impact of Social Structure on the Meaning of the House James S. Duncan  4. Home Ownership and Identity in Capitalist Societies John Agnew  5. Home Ownership and Social Theory Nancy G. Duncan  6. The House as an Expression of Social Worlds Gerry Pratt  7. Women, Home and Status Bonnie Loyd  8. The Place of Old Age: The Meaning of Housing for Old People Edward Steinfeld.  Notes on Contributors.  Index.

Biography

James Duncan was Reader in Cultural Geography at the University of Cambridge and is an Emeritus Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has done both contemporary and historical research in Sri Lanka and the United States.

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