Rendering houses in Ladakh : personal relations with home structures /
Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike people.A handful of in-depth house portraits' are selected for the insight they provide into major regiona...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2023.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike people.A handful of in-depth house portraits' are selected for the insight they provide into major regional developments, based on the author's extended engagement since 1981. Most of these houses are Buddhist and associated with the town of Leh. Drawing on both image and text, collaborative methods for assembling material show the intricate relationships between people and places over the life course. Innovative methods for recording and archiving such as storyboards' are developed to frame different views of the house. This approach raises analytical questions about the composition of life within and beyond storyboards, offering new ways to understand a region that intrigues specialists and non-specialists alike. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
| ISBN: | 9781000182408 1000182401 9781003086536 1003086535 9781000189032 1000189031 1000185583 9781000185584 |