Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 88)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 88)

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A closer examination of the village lay-out reveals a spatial
structure which was dictated by two countervailing principles;
separation and unity. At one level, the peasants organised their
spaces so as to maintain a hierarchical order of differentiation
based on : 1) separation along kinship lines, 2) separation based on
gradation of privacy, and 3) separation between genders, determinin;?
elear lines of labour division. A village-wide inter-kin network ot
solidarity, also reflected itself in the village lay-out, superc.:ded
Village quarters based along kinship lines
Private courtyards based on separation along extended family
lines
Empty lots (hawakir) acted as separation edges
Village paths network
. Structures which partially cut across Kinship lines: Olive
presses (5) and cemeteries (4)
Community buildings which cut across al] kinship lines
1. Village communal plaza and guest-house 2. village sacred
places
Fig. 4-4: Separation along kinship and gender lines were the
main principles that dictated village spatial
organisation
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Space, Kinship and Gender

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1987

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Suad Amiry

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Theses رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه