Designed to provoke controversy, the papers in this volume concentrate on two main themes: the study of myth and totemism. Starting with an English translation of La Geste d'Asdiwal, which is widely considered to be the most brilliant of all of Levi-Strauss's shorter expositions of his technique of myth analysis, the volume also contains criticism of this essay. The second part of the volume discusses how far Levi-Strauss's treatment of totemism as a system of category formation can be correlated with the facts that an ethnographer encounters in the field. First published in 1967.
Edited by:
Edmund Leach Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 390g ISBN:9780415611626 ISBN 10: 0415611628 Pages: 190 Publication Date:11 November 2010 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Leach, Edmund
Reviews for The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism
'A quite engrossing set of disquisitions on various aspects of the study of categories, their formation and arrangement.' - Times Literary Supplement