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- catalog abstract "This study takes us into the traditionally built dwellings of African society. This "life-in-architecture" material culture reveals the socioeconomic and cosmological organization and the world views of these societies. Bourdier and Trinh connect structural patterns - setting, design, decoration, orientation - to factors such as kinship, gender, history, religion, poetry, and oral traditions. The authors focus on a variety of African peoples, including the Fulbe, Tokolor, Sereer, Joola, Soninke, Mandingo, Jaxanke, and Bassari. Through photographs, detailed drawings, and theoretical reflections, Bourdier and Trinh challenge the common perception that traditional dwellings are static artifacts.".
- catalog alternative "African dwellings".
- catalog alternative "This exquisitely illustrated study takes us into the traditionally built dwellings of African society. African dwellings".
- catalog contributor b9128930.
- catalog contributor b9128931.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-306) and index.".
- catalog description "This study takes us into the traditionally built dwellings of African society. This "life-in-architecture" material culture reveals the socioeconomic and cosmological organization and the world views of these societies. Bourdier and Trinh connect structural patterns - setting, design, decoration, orientation - to factors such as kinship, gender, history, religion, poetry, and oral traditions. The authors focus on a variety of African peoples, including the Fulbe, Tokolor, Sereer, Joola, Soninke, Mandingo, Jaxanke, and Bassari. Through photographs, detailed drawings, and theoretical reflections, Bourdier and Trinh challenge the common perception that traditional dwellings are static artifacts.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 308 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Drawn from African dwellings.".
- catalog identifier "0253330432 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Drawn from African dwellings.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "Drawn from African dwellings.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West.".
- catalog subject "728/.0966 20".
- catalog subject "Housing, Rural Africa, West.".
- catalog subject "NA1598 .B68 1996".
- catalog subject "Symbolism in architecture Africa, West.".
- catalog subject "Vernacular architecture Africa, West.".
- catalog title "African dwellings".
- catalog title "Drawn from African dwellings / Jean-Paul Bourdier and Trinh T. Minh-ha.".
- catalog title "This exquisitely illustrated study takes us into the traditionally built dwellings of African society. African dwellings".
- catalog type "text".