"CLUTTER" AND "INTEGRATION" IN THE DWELLING SPACE. THE METAMORPHOSES OF MEANINGS
"CLUTTER" AND "INTEGRATION" IN THE DWELLING SPACE. THE METAMORPHOSES OF MEANINGS
Author(s): Alin Constantin NaidinSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Philology, Phraseology, Stylistics
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: dwelling – isolation space or circumstantial comfort; Tenerife; excavated houses; cave dwellings; cave necropolises;
Summary/Abstract: Our theme relates, from an anthropological and social perspective, to how dwellings, isolated from the consecrated space, are represented. It is based on personal experience, through participatory observation in an island space, Tenerife, Los Abrigos, a place of notoriety for celebrations that bring together participants from all continents. What is remarkable is the preservation of the idea that the cave-space, the rock dwelling has remained an inhabited space. According to the definition of Clark Wissler, who considered second worldwide in the field of anthropology, after E. B. Taylor, culture can be analyzed from four perspectives: psychological, genetic, descriptive and normative. The analysis of the cultural aspects that we found in the field research in February 2024 on Tenerife can be thus interpreted, focusing on the symbolism and meaning metamorphoses of the cave-dwelling concept. It is a reinterpretation of two acculturation visions, "clutter" and "integration" in the dwelling space.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 1114-1121
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
