Claude Levi-Strauss - Paperback - 9780226469683

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

• | Author: Edmund Leach
• | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 15, 1989
• | Number of Pages: 153 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0226469689
• | ISBN-13: 9780226469683