Claude Levi-Strauss

Name: Claude Levi-Strauss
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ISBN: 9780226469683

ISBN-10: 0226469689

ISBN-13: 9780226469683

Edition: 1989

Authors: Edmund Leach

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In this lucide guide to the often abstruse works of Claude Leacute;vi-Strauss, Edmund Leach synthesizes the thought of one of the twentieth century's greatest anthropologists and provides a thoughtful introduction to the theory and practice of structuralism. Leach organizes his work not by chronology but by theme, exploring three important topics in Leacute;vi-Strauss's work: human beings and their symbols, the structure of myth, and kinship theory. Written concisely and with great care and penetration, this brief book is both a fine introduction for the uninitiated reader of Leacute;vi-Strauss and a critical analysis that will prove valuable to those more familiar with the anthropologist's…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 154
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.99" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Biographical Note



The Man Himself



Oysters, Smoked Salmon, and Stilton Cheese



The Human Animal and His Symbols



The Structure of Myth



Words and Things



The Elementary Structures of Kinship



Machines for the Suppression of Time Short


Bibliography


Index