The house of meaning : tents and tent dwelling among the Kyrgyz of Central Asia

The House of Meaning is a study of the perception of the environment and the organisation of space in the boz üy (tent) of the nomadic Kyrgyz. It examines the boz üy as a core metaphor for Kyrgyz nomadic life and as a matrix for the social organisation of that life. I begin this dissertation with a...

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Main Author: Bunn, Stephanie Joan
Published: University of Manchester 2000
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504496