{"product_id":"the-jealous-potter-claude-lvi-strauss-9780226474823","title":"The Jealous Potter","description":"As L騅i-Strauss freely 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. L騅i-Strauss critiques psychoanalytic interpretation and defends the interpretive powers of structuralism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Electrifying. . . . A brilliant demonstration of structural analysis in action. . . . Can be read with pleasure and profit by anyone interested in that aspect of self-discovery that comes through knowledge of the universal and timeless myths that live on in all of us.\"--Jonathan Sharp, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner-Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A characteristic tour de force. . . . One remains awed by him.\"--Colin Thubron, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With all its epistemological depth, the book reads at times like a Simenon or a Lewis Carroll, fusing concise methodology with mastery of style.\"--Bernadette Bucher, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] engagingly provocative exploration of mythology in the Americas. . . . Always a good read.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A playful, highly entertaining book, fluently and elegantly translated by B駭馘icte Chorier.\"--Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claude L騅i-Strauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226474828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226474823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.49w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/1997 pg. 28","brand":"Claude L騅i-Strauss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119456907519,"sku":"9780226474823","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a18101d-73b6-4052-9d0b-9bea089be667.jpg?v=1687409457","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-jealous-potter-claude-lvi-strauss-9780226474823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}