• 1. Introduction Janet Carsten and Stephen Hugh-Jones; 2. Houses and hierarchies in island Southeast Asia Roxana Waterson; 3. The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar Maurice Bloch; 4. The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak Monica Janowski; 5. Houses in Langkawi: stable structures or mobile homes? Janet Carsten; 6. Having your house and eating it: houses and siblings in Ara, South Sulawesi Thomas Gibson; 7. The Lio house: building, category, idea, value Signe Howell; 8. Houses and hierarchy: the view from a South Moluccan society Susan McKinnon; 9. Houses, places and people: community and continuity in Guiana Peter Riviere; 10. The houses of Mebengokre (Kayapo) of Central Brazil: a new door to their social organization Vanessa Lea; 11. Inside-out and back-to-front: the Maloca and the house in northwest Amazonia Stephen Hugh-Jones.

'The essays … are replete with fascinating data that fulfil a central promise of contemporary anthropology … at a time when fewer and fewer detailed ethnographies seem to be published.' Book Review Essays

• 1. Introduction Janet Carsten and Stephen Hugh-Jones; 2. Houses and hierarchies in island Southeast Asia Roxana Waterson; 3. The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar Maurice Bloch; 4. The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak Monica Janowski; 5. Houses in Langkawi: stable structures or mobile homes? Janet Carsten; 6. Having your house and eating it: houses and siblings in Ara, South Sulawesi Thomas Gibson; 7. The Lio house: building, category, idea, value Signe Howell; 8. Houses and hierarchy: the view from a South Moluccan society Susan McKinnon; 9. Houses, places and people: community and continuity in Guiana Peter Riviere; 10. The houses of Mebengokre (Kayapo) of Central Brazil: a new door to their social organization Vanessa Lea; 11. Inside-out and back-to-front: the Maloca and the house in northwest Amazonia Stephen Hugh-Jones.

'The essays … are replete with fascinating data that fulfil a central promise of contemporary anthropology … at a time when fewer and fewer detailed ethnographies seem to be published.' Book Review Essays

• 1. Introduction Janet Carsten and Stephen Hugh-Jones; 2. Houses and hierarchies in island Southeast Asia Roxana Waterson; 3. The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar Maurice Bloch; 4. The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak Monica Janowski; 5. Houses in Langkawi: stable structures or mobile homes? Janet Carsten; 6. Having your house and eating it: houses and siblings in Ara, South Sulawesi Thomas Gibson; 7. The Lio house: building, category, idea, value Signe Howell; 8. Houses and hierarchy: the view from a South Moluccan society Susan McKinnon; 9. Houses, places and people: community and continuity in Guiana Peter Riviere; 10. The houses of Mebengokre (Kayapo) of Central Brazil: a new door to their social organization Vanessa Lea; 11. Inside-out and back-to-front: the Maloca and the house in northwest Amazonia Stephen Hugh-Jones.

'The essays … are replete with fascinating data that fulfil a central promise of contemporary anthropology … at a time when fewer and fewer detailed ethnographies seem to be published.' Book Review Essays