| Description |
xiii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Spatial habitus-- making and meaning in Asia's architecture |
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Spatial habitus (Series)
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| Contents |
1. Architectonic fabrications of minorities -- 2. Myth and ritualistic postures -- 3. Choral symbolization -- 4. Type, myth, and heterogeneity -- 5. Out of time |
| Summary |
"Allegorical Architecture offers the first detailed architectural analysis of built forms and building types of the minority groups in southern China and of the Dong nationality in particular. It argues that Dong architecture symbolically resembles it inhabitants in many ways."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture, Dong.
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Ethnic architecture -- China, Southwest.
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Symbolism in architecture -- China, Southwest.
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Vernacular architecture -- China, Southwest.
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| LC no. |
2006015042 |
| ISBN |
0824821513 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780824821517 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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