The materiality of the kitchen house : building, food and history on Mere Lava, northern Vanuatu

Houses and food in Vanuatu are prominent artefacts that materialise people's links to the land and social relationships. Nowadays on Mere Lava, a striking emphasis is put on the building or re-building of kitchen houses, n-ean̄ kuk, as architectural elements central to households. Drawing upon...

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Main Author: Durand, Marie
Published: University of East Anglia 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.614531