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Structural anthropology

Claude Lévi-strauss ; translated from the French by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Grundfest Schoepf

Basic Books, c1963

Other Title

Anthropologie structurale

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Note

Bibliography: p. 385-398

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The structural method," first set forth in this epoch-making book, changed the very face of social anthropology. This reissue of a classic will reintroduce readers to Levi-Strauss's understanding of man and society in terms of individuals,kinship, social organization, religion, mythology, and art.

Table of Contents

* Introduction: History and Anthropology Language and Kinship * Structural Analysis in Linguistics and in Anthropology * Language and the Analysis of Social Laws * Linguistics in Anthropology * Postscript to Chapters III and IV Social Organization * The Concept of Archaism in Anthropology * Social Structures of Central and Eastern Brazil * Do Dual Organizations Exist? * The Sorcerer and His Magic * The Effectiveness of Symbols * The Structural Study of Myth * Structure and Dialectics Art * Split Representation in the Art of Asia and America * The Serpent with Fish inside His Body Problems of Method and Teaching * Social Structure * Postscript to Chapter XV * The Place of Anthropology in the Social Sciences and Problems Raised in Teaching It

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  • NCID
    BA06961308
  • ISBN
    • 046509516X
  • LCCN
    63017344
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 410 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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