Claude Levi-Strauss (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226469683)

In this lucide guide to the often abstruse works of Claude L騅i-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 L騅i-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 L騅i-Strauss and a critical analysis that will prove valuable to those more familiar with the anthropologist's work.


Author: Edmund Leach
ISBN-10: 0226469689
ISBN-13: 9780226469683
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/1989
Pages: 153
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.28w x 0.50d