Constituting Unity and Difference: Vernacular Architecture in a Minangkabau Village (Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land, Band 220) - Softcover

Vellinga, M.

 
9789067182300: Constituting Unity and Difference: Vernacular Architecture in a Minangkabau Village (Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land, Band 220)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9067182303 ISBN 13: 9789067182300
Verlag: KITLV Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

The vernacular architecture of the Minangkabau in Sumatra constitutes one of the most popular and well-known building traditions in contemporary Indonesia. Yet, despite its fame, Minangkabau architecture has received remarkably little scholarly attention. What is known about the building tradition does not go beyond the romanticized popular image (of high-rising roof spires, floor elevations, and colourful woodcarvings) promoted by the government, the tourist industry, and the media. This image leaves too many questions about the meaning of Minangkabau architecture unanswered. Constituting Unity and difference refines, supplements, and revises the popular image. Focusing on the construction, design, and spatial use of vernacular houses in one region of West Sumatra, and taking into account historical developments and geographical variation, the author explores how vernacular Minangkabau houses are instrumental in the constitution, perpetuation, and manipulation of socio-political relationships and identities. He concludes that the current popular image of Minangkabau architecture is seriously in need of revision.
Anthropologists, architects, and those interested in Indonesian cultural history or vernacular architecture studies will value this in-depth analysis of one of the country's most striking and popular building traditions.

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Marcel Vellinga obtained his PhD in anthropology at Leiden University in 2000. At present he is a research associate at the Centre for Vernacular Architecture Studies, Oxford Brookes University, England.

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Verlag
KITLV Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9067182303
ISBN 13 
9789067182300
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
337
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