Structural Anthropology

Summary: "The ?structural method," first set forth in this epoch-making book, changed the very face of social anthropology. This reissue of a classic will reintroduce readers to Lévi-Strauss's understanding of"

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ISBN: 9780786724437 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0786724439 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (441 p.)
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2008.

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Author's Preface to the French Edition; Translator's Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction: History and Anthropology; PART I: Language and Kinship; 2. Structural Analysis in Linguistics and in Anthropology; 3. Language and the Analysis of Social Laws; 4. Linguistics and Anthropology; 5. Postscript to Chapters III and IV; PART II: Social Orginization; 6. The Concept of Archaism in Anthropology; 7. Social Structures of Central and Eastern Brazil; 8. Do Dual Organizations Exist?; Part III: Magic and Religion; 9. The Sorcerer and His Magic; 10. The Effectiveness of Symbols