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The domestic unit is inseparable from its homestead, and the 'house', at once a physical place and a social unit, is often also a unit of production and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Lévi-Strauss's suggestion that the multi-functional noble houses of medieval Europe were simply the best-known examples of a widespread social institution, the contributors to this collection analyse 'house' systems in Southeast Asia and South America, exploring the interrelationships between buildings, people, and ideas. They reveal some of the ways in which houses can stand for social groups and serve as images of process and order.

Dwellings --- Indians of South America --- Kinship --- Social aspects. --- Kinship. --- Parenté --- -Dwellings --- -Indians of South America --- -Kinship --- Clans --- Consanguinity --- Kin recognition --- Indigenous peoples --- Domiciles --- Homes --- Houses --- One-family houses --- Residences --- Residential buildings --- Single-family homes --- House-raising parties --- Household ecology --- -Toegepaste antropologie --- Parenté --- dwellings --- Southeast Asia --- Latin America --- Habitations --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- South America --- Dwellings - Social aspects. --- Dwellings - Asia, Southeastern. --- Dwellings - South America. --- Kinship - Asia, Southeastern. --- Indians of South America - Kinship. --- #SBIB:316.334.5U10 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Ethnology --- Families --- Buildings --- Architecture, Domestic --- Housing --- Dwellings and society --- Society and dwellings --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: wonen en huisvesting --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Social life and customs --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology --- Lévi-Strauss, Claude, - 1908-2009 - Criticism and interpretation --- Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 1908-2009 --- Lévi-Strauss, Claude, - 1908-2009 --- Philosophy and psychology of culture