In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels interweave with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. The author also critiques psychoanalytic interpretation and defends the interpretive powers of structuralism.
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University of Chicago Press
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Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist, and has been called, along with James George Frazer, the "father of modern anthropology". His works include the four volumes of Mythogiques, The Savage Mind, Structural Anthropology II, The Jealous Potter, and (with Didier Eribon) Conversations with Claude Lévi-Strauss, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
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2 mm
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21 mm
Length
15 mm
Depth
18.62
Weight
340 gr
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