The drunken king, or, The origin of the state
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The drunken king, or, The origin of the state
(African systems of thought)
Indiana University Press, c1982
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Roi ivre
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Roi ivre
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Translation of: Roi ivre
Bibliography: p. 261-266
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
" . . . de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Levi-Strauss's formulations. . . . [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." -Choice
A major work that modifies and extends Levi-Straussian myth analysis in profound and exciting ways. Roy Willis's masterful translation makes technical terms accessible to the general reader.
Table of Contents
Translator's Introduction
Author's Introduction
Chapter One: Kingly Manners
Chapter Two: The Rainbow and the Lightening
Chapter Three: The Outraged Father
Chapter Four: The People of the Sun
Chapter Five: Palm Wine, the Blood of Women, and the Blood of Beasts
Chapter Six: Animals with Eyes of Night
Notes
Bibliography
List of Myths
by "Nielsen BookData"