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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 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Identity and Environment: a Cross-cultural Perspective
- 3. From Container of Women to Status Symbol: the Impact of Social Structure on the Meaning of the House
- 4. Home Ownership and Identity in Capitalist Societies
- 5. Home Ownership and Social Theory
- 6. The House as an Expression of Social Worlds
- 7. Women, Home and Status
- 8. The Place of Old Age: the Meaning of Housing for Old People
- Notes on Contributors
- Index