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2. Politics, Culture, and the Built Form: User Reaction to the Privatization of State Housing in South Africa

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© 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Foreword 1
  4. Introduction 3
  5. Part One. Culture As a Political and Economic Structure: Community Culture, Neighborhood Politics, and Housing Policy
  6. Introduction 11
  7. 1. Housing and the Material Basis of Social Reproduction: Political Conflict and the Quality of Life in New York City 13
  8. 2. Politics, Culture, and the Built Form: User Reaction to the Privatization of State Housing in South Africa 31
  9. 3. Housing and Culture for Native Groups in Canada 43
  10. 4. Culture, Policy, and Production: Making Low-Cost Housing in Sri Lanka 57
  11. 5. Gentrification: The Redefinition of Urban Neighborhood 73
  12. Part Two. Culture as a Cognition: Perception, Pattern, and Spatial Structure of Housing
  13. Introduction 87
  14. 6. Translating Anthropological Concepts into Architectural Practice 89
  15. 7. "Cultural Space" as a Needed Research Concept in the Study of Housing Change: The White Pueblos of Andalusia 115
  16. 8. The Architecture of Nomadism: Gabra Placemaking and Culture 141
  17. 9. Behavior in the House: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Using Behavior-Setting Methodology 165
  18. 10. Residents' and Outsiders' Perceptions of the Environment 189
  19. Part Three. Culture As a Meaning System: Cultural Meanings Of Home, House, and Family
  20. Introduction 205
  21. 11. House, Home, and Identity in Contemporary American Culture 207
  22. 12. Getting Respect in the Kandyan Highlands: The House, the Community, and the Self in a Third World Society 229
  23. 13. Architecture as a Medium for Culture: Public Institution and Private House 253
  24. 14. Domestic Privacy: Gender, Culture, and Development Issues 281
  25. Part Four. Culture as Interpretation: Tradition, Housing Development, and Design
  26. 15. Dual Aspects of Tradition in Saudi Arabian Urban Housing Development 303
  27. 16. Contextual Transformations of Traditional Housing in Kabul, Afghanistan 335
  28. 17. Vernacular Architecture as an Expression of Its Social Context in Eressos, Greece 357
  29. 18. Cultural Implications of Housing Design Policy in India 375
  30. 19. Progressive Development and Cultural Factors in Low-Cost Housing in Bogotá, Colombia 393
  31. Contributors 403
  32. Index 409
Housing, Culture, and Design
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https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512804287-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Foreword 1
  4. Introduction 3
  5. Part One. Culture As a Political and Economic Structure: Community Culture, Neighborhood Politics, and Housing Policy
  6. Introduction 11
  7. 1. Housing and the Material Basis of Social Reproduction: Political Conflict and the Quality of Life in New York City 13
  8. 2. Politics, Culture, and the Built Form: User Reaction to the Privatization of State Housing in South Africa 31
  9. 3. Housing and Culture for Native Groups in Canada 43
  10. 4. Culture, Policy, and Production: Making Low-Cost Housing in Sri Lanka 57
  11. 5. Gentrification: The Redefinition of Urban Neighborhood 73
  12. Part Two. Culture as a Cognition: Perception, Pattern, and Spatial Structure of Housing
  13. Introduction 87
  14. 6. Translating Anthropological Concepts into Architectural Practice 89
  15. 7. "Cultural Space" as a Needed Research Concept in the Study of Housing Change: The White Pueblos of Andalusia 115
  16. 8. The Architecture of Nomadism: Gabra Placemaking and Culture 141
  17. 9. Behavior in the House: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Using Behavior-Setting Methodology 165
  18. 10. Residents' and Outsiders' Perceptions of the Environment 189
  19. Part Three. Culture As a Meaning System: Cultural Meanings Of Home, House, and Family
  20. Introduction 205
  21. 11. House, Home, and Identity in Contemporary American Culture 207
  22. 12. Getting Respect in the Kandyan Highlands: The House, the Community, and the Self in a Third World Society 229
  23. 13. Architecture as a Medium for Culture: Public Institution and Private House 253
  24. 14. Domestic Privacy: Gender, Culture, and Development Issues 281
  25. Part Four. Culture as Interpretation: Tradition, Housing Development, and Design
  26. 15. Dual Aspects of Tradition in Saudi Arabian Urban Housing Development 303
  27. 16. Contextual Transformations of Traditional Housing in Kabul, Afghanistan 335
  28. 17. Vernacular Architecture as an Expression of Its Social Context in Eressos, Greece 357
  29. 18. Cultural Implications of Housing Design Policy in India 375
  30. 19. Progressive Development and Cultural Factors in Low-Cost Housing in Bogotá, Colombia 393
  31. Contributors 403
  32. Index 409
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