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Domestic Mandala: Architecture of Lifeworlds in Nepal - Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific John Gray New edition
Domestic Mandala: Architecture of Lifeworlds in Nepal - Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
John Gray
Providing an ethnography of domestic architecture and activities among the high caste Chhetris of Kholagaun in Nepal, this book focuses on the spatial organization, everyday activities and ritual performances that generate and display Chhetri houses as 'mandalas', sacred diagrams that are both maps of the cosmos and machines for revelation.
174 pages, includes 37 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 28, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780754645382 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 184 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 500 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Stewart, Dr Pamela J. |
| Series Editor | Strathern, Professor Andrew |
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