House, home, family : living and being Chinese / edited by Ronald G. Knapp and Kai-Yin Lo.
| Other author | Knapp, Ronald G., 1940- |
| Other author | Lo, Kai-Yin. |
| Other author | China Institute in America. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press ; New York : China Institute in America, ©2005. |
| Description | xxi, 453 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Living and being Chinese |
| Series | Spatial habitus (Series) Spatial habitus (Series) ^A610578 |
| Contents | Foreword : Looking back on Chinese art, architecture, and history / Wen Fong -- China's houses, homes, and families / Ronald G. Knapp -- The house : an introduction / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt -- In search of the elusive Chinese house / Ronald G. Knapp -- House and garden : sanctuary for the body and the mind / Joseph C. Wang -- Siting and situating a dwelling : Fengshui, house-building rituals, and amulets / Ronald G. Knapp -- Chinese architectural aesthetics : patterns of living and being between past and present / Cary Y. Liu -- Traditional Chinese architecture and furniture : a cultural interpretation / Kai-Yin Lo -- Sheltering the past : the preservation of China's old dwellings / Nancy Berliner -- The meaning of jia : an introduction / Nancy Jervis -- House united, house divided : myths and realities, then and now / Myron L. Cohen -- The inner quarters : oppression or freedom? / Francesca Bray -- Between house and home : the family in South China / David Faure -- Ancestral halls : family, lineage, and ritual / Puay-peng Ho -- Reading the text of the home : domestic ritual configuration through print / James A. Flath -- The symbolic seasonal round in house and palace : counting the auspicious nines in traditional China / Maggie Bickford -- Making room for intimacy : domestic space and conjugal privacy in rural North China / Yunxiang Yan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-439) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004025303 |
| ISBN | 0824828585 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0824829530 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780824828585 |
| ISBN | 9780824829537 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | NA7448 .H68 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |