Common Houses in Eastern Oklahoma

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Format
journalArticle
Creator
Milbauer, John
Title
Common Houses in Eastern Oklahoma
Is Part Of
Material Culture
issn
0883-3680
Has Version
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29764206
Abstract
The ever-growing corpus of literature on houses attests to their hallowed nature as a theme in Cultural Geography. Folk houses, sometimes called vernacular buildings (Noble 1984), receive a disproportionate share of attention. This category of architecture is built in conformity with local tradition, with little or no concern for international styles. Folk housing accepts changes slowly (Jordan-Bychkov and Domosh 2003; Lewis 1975; Noble 1934, Rapoport 1969). Much more common are popular houses, which generally follow widespread trends and change quickly. More advanced yet is academic or elite architecture. These structures, designed by professionals, follow national or international trends, and aesthetics are given a high priority. In reality the three traditions overlap considerably (Noble 1984). The scale of house studies runs the gamut from detailed analyses of individual structures (Vlach 1972) to investigations that cover much or all of the United States (Finley and Scott 1940; Kniffen 1965; Noble 2000). The objectives of house studies are many. Dwellings are often examined to learn something of diffusion. These studies include houses diffused by migration streams (Kniffen 1965; Lewis 1975) and diffusion of specific house-types (Jordan 1994; Vlach 1976). Building materials are the subject of some house studies (Gritzner 1974, Vogeler 1990) while ethnicity and housing has interested some scholars (Jordan 1964; Noble 1985). Some house studies address socio-economic conditions (Bastian 1975; Hart and Morgan 1995; Jakle 1983) and others deal with chronology (Rubin 1977). This study addresses common houses and their spatial distribution in Eastern Oklahoma
pages
1
volume
36
Subject
Houses
Identifier
RUP7TLJV