The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism

Book Overview

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 L vi-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 L vi-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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415611628
• ISBN13: 9780415611626
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"