Domestic Mandala: Architecture of Lifeworlds in Nepal - Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific - John Gray - Boeken - Taylor & Francis Inc - 9780815346647 - 18 december 2017
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Domestic Mandala: Architecture of Lifeworlds in Nepal - Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific 1e uitgave

John Gray

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Domestic Mandala: Architecture of Lifeworlds in Nepal - Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific 1e uitgave

A rich and fascinating ethnography of domestic architecture and activities among the high caste Chhetris of Kholagaun in Nepal, this book focuses on the spatial organization, everyday activities and ritual performances that generate and display Chhetri houses as 'mandalas', sacred diagrams that are both maps of the cosmos and machines for revelation. Describing the orientation and layout of the Chhetri house and surrounding compound; it shows how the orientation and distribution of everyday social activities with the domestic mandala shape people's experience of the enigmas of their lifeworld as householders; and analyses the double significance of rituals that take place in the domestic mandala. By treating the Nepali house as more than just the background of people's everyday life, the author reveals the Chhetri everyday lifeworld as a revelation of Hindu tantric cosmology, its enigmatic illusion, and the path to liberation from it. The themes addressed in the book make a unique contribution to the fields of anthropology, architecture and human geography.


184 pages

Media Boeken     Paperback Book   (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug)
Vrijgegeven 18 december 2017
ISBN13 9780815346647
Uitgevers Taylor & Francis Inc
Pagina's 180
Afmetingen 234 × 157 × 13 mm   ·   288 g
Taal en grammatica Engels  

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