厨房与厅堂——马来人的房屋设计所体现出的性别关系

Gender Distinction in Malaysian Architecture

一个社会的建筑设计往往能够体现出该社会的性别关系。本文通过对马来西亚一个马来村庄的实地调查,揭示出马来人在其房屋设计中所体现出来的性别关系特点,如男女相对平等、女性的自主权更大、独立性更强等,并论证这种性别关系特点的形成是受到传统习俗与伊斯兰教的双重影响的结果。

The architecture and design of a society tends to reveal its gender relationship, This paper results from a series of field research conducted in a Malay village. It attempts to show how architecture and design in this village conveys the gender values of the Malays, such as gender equality in Malay society, more autonomy and independence enjoyed by the Malay females, etc. These values are bred jointly by traditional customs and the teachings of lslam.