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Vernacular architecture of West Africa : a world in dwelling / Jean-Paul Bourdier and Trinh Minh-ha.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2011.Description: 191 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0415585430 (hardback)
  • 9780415585439 (hardback : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • World in dwelling
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 728.0966
LOC classification:
  • NA 1598 B769v 2011
Contents:
Inntroduction -- Dweller, dwelling, and setting -- Cultural framework -- House as project of identity : picturing Soninke dwellings -- House as inside and outside : picturing Kassena dwellings -- House as assurance of social viability : picturing Moba dwellings -- House as vessel of day and night : picturing Nuna dwellings -- House as life-giving speech : picturing Jaxanke, Ko, and Mandingo dwellings -- House as creative source : picturing Puguli and Bassari dwellings -- House as newborn : picturing Kusasi and Birifor dwellings -- House and differential space : picturing Moor dwellings -- House in the world's image : picturing Batammaliba dwellings -- Architectural practices -- Terrace-roofed dwellings -- Nankani dwelling -- Lyela dwelling -- Dogon Cliff dwellings -- Tokolor dwelling -- Tokolor mosques -- Thatch-roofed dwellings -- Konkomba dwelling -- Toffinu Lake dwelling -- Sereer dwelling -- Joola impluvium dwelling -- Calabash Dome : Fulbe dwelling.
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Translated from the French.

Translation of: Habiter un monde : architectures de l'Afrique de l'ouest.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-191) and index.

Inntroduction -- Dweller, dwelling, and setting -- Cultural framework -- House as project of identity : picturing Soninke dwellings -- House as inside and outside : picturing Kassena dwellings -- House as assurance of social viability : picturing Moba dwellings -- House as vessel of day and night : picturing Nuna dwellings -- House as life-giving speech : picturing Jaxanke, Ko, and Mandingo dwellings -- House as creative source : picturing Puguli and Bassari dwellings -- House as newborn : picturing Kusasi and Birifor dwellings -- House and differential space : picturing Moor dwellings -- House in the world's image : picturing Batammaliba dwellings -- Architectural practices -- Terrace-roofed dwellings -- Nankani dwelling -- Lyela dwelling -- Dogon Cliff dwellings -- Tokolor dwelling -- Tokolor mosques -- Thatch-roofed dwellings -- Konkomba dwelling -- Toffinu Lake dwelling -- Sereer dwelling -- Joola impluvium dwelling -- Calabash Dome : Fulbe dwelling.

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