essay

Domestic architecture in Taiwan: continuity and change

value change in chinese society • New York • Published In 1979 • Pages: 155-170

By: Martin, Emily.

Abstract
This essay explores the meaning of the spread of an urban style of housing to rural areas. The essay contains descriptions of the traditional rural house style, the new urban house style, and geomancy and the orientation of buildings. Ahern concludes that the choice of the urban vs. the rural house style is related to the occupation of the household and expresses attitudes about those occupations.
Subjects
Dwellings
Urban and rural life
Ethnophysics
Ethnogeography
Ethnosociology
culture
Taiwan Hokkien
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Marlene Martin
Field Date
1969-1975
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Qinan (Ch'i-nan) village, Sanxia (Sanhsia) township (p. 155), Taipei hsien, Hai-shan region, Taiwan
Notes
Emily M. Ahern
Includes bibliography
LCCN
77083479
LCSH
Taiwanese