First published in 1982, this book represents an attempt by scholars from a number of 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. It draws upon material from a variety of intellectual, cultural and historical contexts.
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 not only personal meanings but expressing and maintaining the ideology of prevailing social orders. The essays draw upon material from a wide variety of intellectual, cultural and historical contexts.
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.
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.
