The Jealous Potter

This book is entertainment for the intellect, a diverting series of themes and variations that explain simultaneously the relations between the insectivorous nighthawk, marital jealousy, the art of pottery, and the rich creation myths of the Jivaro people of Ecuador and Peru.

Summary

In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels are interwoven with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche.

Product details

• Authors: Claude Levi-Strauss, Claude (College de France) Levi-Strauss
• Assisted by: B. Chorier (Translation), Benedicte Chorier (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9780226474823
• ISBN: 978-0-226-47482-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 21 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; South America, RELIGION / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, North America, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Folklore, myths & legends, Alternative belief systems, Western philosophy from c 1800, North America (USA and Canada), Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)