Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 186)

غرض

عنوان

Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 186)

المحتوى

-MAIN Access
Fig. 5.2: Location of village guest—house
the saha. The only access to the madafah was from the saha (fig.
5.3). In front of the madafah was one of the only two trees
planted in the saha. There also used to be a number of pergolas
covered with grape vines. Under these, several strawmats were
spread on which men sat. The area in front of the madafah was used
whenever the weather allowed, and particularly on festive occasions.
The madafah, which consisted of one big room, was constructed. in two
stages. The older part to the south was built around 1830 [this date
was estimated by Abu-Hani, for I could not find any
material
evidence ]. This part was one step higher than the new extension to
the north which was built seventy years later. Both spaces were
roofed by domes. The older part had a square dome, while the newer
extension had a round dome. The dome signified the importance of
the building, for only holy shrines, or buildings of some
significance were roofed by domes - as opposed to cross-vaults,
barrel vaults and flat wooden roofs.
In contrast to the small windows which characterized most village
dwellings (women's domain), this male domain had eight big windows,
hence making it possible to see whatever was happening around it.
This also enhanced the close functional relation between the madafah
and the saha. Western windows overlooked the saha, while those to
the east overlooked the entrance to the saha, located below part of
aJ3

هو جزء من

Space, Kinship and Gender

تاريخ

١٩٨٧

المنشئ

Suad Amiry

مجموعات العناصر

Generated Pages Set

Theses رسائل ماجستير ودكتوراه