Introduction

This collection of four original essays on furniture in Maritime Southeast Asia represents a pioneering attempt to explore a field that remains largely undefined in the region. Together, the essays examine the complex, multifaceted, and dynamic roles that furniture has played within cultural, polit...

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Hauptverfasser: Jákl, Jiří, Njoto, Hélène
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Archipel 2026
Online Zugang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:This collection of four original essays on furniture in Maritime Southeast Asia represents a pioneering attempt to explore a field that remains largely undefined in the region. Together, the essays examine the complex, multifaceted, and dynamic roles that furniture has played within cultural, political, and linguistic contexts, with particular attention to Java. Far from being merely functional objects, as shown by Fernand Braudel and later scholars, furniture considered here operated as ins...