Houseways in Southern Oman

ISBN-13: 9781032210865 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 280 str.

Marielle Risse

Opis

This book explores how houses are created, maintained and conceptualized in southern Oman.

Spis treści

1 Overview; 2 Geographical and Historical Considerations; 3 Creating Modern Houses; 4 The Physical House; 5 Cultural Understandings of Houses; 6 Being "at Home" Outside of the Home; 7 Situating and Comparing Dhofari Houses; 8 Privacy and Houses

O autorze

Marielle Risse is an Associate Professor at Dhofar University in Salalah, Oman. She has taught literature, education and cultural studies on the Arabian Peninsula for a number of years and is author of Foodways in Southern Oman (Routledge, 2020).