Abstract
This article explores the changing use and management of domestic space and socio-spatial relationships constructed in a Pakistani rural setting. It offers a case study which highlights the central position of domestic space as a residential and social unit in rural Pakistan. It discusses how domestic space is appropriated in multiple ways into a social unit through social practice. Given that changes in the physical structure of any place lead to negotiation of social relationships, it is shown how recent modifications in design and structure of houses are indicative of, and to some extent facilitate, social change in rural Pakistan.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 214-234 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | South Asia Research |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 SAGE Publications Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC.
Keywords
- Anthropology
- Biraderi
- Caste
- Domestic space
- Globalisation
- Home
- House
- Kinship
- Neighbourhood
- Pakistan
- Rural societies
- Saraiki
- Socio-spatial relationships
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance