Evolusi rumah dan kehidupan keluarga
Family house is more than a physical structure. It is a symbol of life. Family house evolves as family moves from birth, maturity, adulthood and death; therefore house structure change according to the stages. Since social and cultural change occurs in urban and rural areas, so do family houses i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2009
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1194/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1194/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1194/1/SARI27%5B2%5D2009_%5B11%5D.pdf |
Summary: | Family house is more than a physical structure. It is a symbol of life. Family
house evolves as family moves from birth, maturity, adulthood and death;
therefore house structure change according to the stages. Since social and
cultural change occurs in urban and rural areas, so do family houses in both
areas. Changes in family houses are not specific to it’s size but the internal and
external structure change as well. This paper shall discuss evolution of the
house which is very much related to changes in the family. The writer believes
that theoretical perspectives on family and kinship were focused more on it’s
social organization and discussion on “the house” from it’s physical and
symbolic structure together with rules related to its social organizations is
important as well. This article attempts to discuss the idea of family house which experience “life” and “death” as what happen to the family who lives in it and
how social organizations and relations in a contemporary urban family is
determine by it’s house structure. Discussion in this paper was based on studies
on family done by the writer and other literatures on the family especially Malay
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