Double Twist from Ethnography

by Pierre Maranda

The essays in this intriguing collection all discuss Claude Levi-Strauss' "Canonical Formula," which he created in 1955 as a means of anthropological investigation. This apparently mathematical formula relates myths to cultural artifacts, and is especially applicable to the study of mental processes. In his paper, Levi-Strauss argues that the similarities in the architecture of seemingly disparate groups suggests a cognitive pattern that is shared...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802035248
• ISBN13: 9780802035240
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"