Architecture and ritual : how buildings shape society /
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Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2016. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 371 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-363) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781472577481 (paperback) : 1472577485 (paperback) 9781472577474 (hardback) 1472577477 (hardback) 9781472577498 (ePub) 1472577493 (ePub) 9781472577504 (ePDF) 1472577507 (ePDF) |
Index Number: | NA2543 |
CLC: | TU-05 |
Call Number: | TU-05/B658 |
Contents: | Part 1. Power and politics : Black rod and the three knocks on the door -- The Lord Mayor's banquet -- The imperial Chinese magistrate and his yamen -- The Nuremberg Rally of 1934 -- Part 2. People and their territories : Hunter-gatherer architecture: the Australian aboriginal people -- The Oglala Sioux and the four directions -- The Tukanoan Maloca -- The Dogon of Mali -- The Dong, building types, and building rituals -- Part 3. Modernities : The European farmstead -- The modernist hospital -- The opera and the concert hall -- The fun palace, Centre Pompidou, and paradoxical ideas of freedom -- Conclusion. |