Structural Study of Myth and Totemism

Designed to provoke controversy, the papers in this volume concentrate on two main themes: the study of myth and totemism.

Sommario

Part 1: The Structural Study of Myth 1. Claude Levi-Strauss The Story of Asdiwal 2. Mary Douglas The Meaning of Myth, with special reference to 'La Geste d'Asdiwal' 3. Nur Yalman 'The Raw: The Cooked: Nature: Culture' 4. K.O.L. Burridge Levi-Strauss and Myth Part 2: The Structural Study of Totemism 5. E. Michael Mendelson The 'Uninvited Guest': Ancilla to Levi-Strauss on Totemism and Primitive Thought 6. Peter Worsley Groote Eylandt Totemism and Le Totemisme audourd'hui 7. Robin Fox Totem and Taboo Reconsidered

Info autore

Leach, Edmund

Riassunto

Designed to provoke controversy, the papers in this volume concentrate on two main themes: the study of myth and totemism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Edmund Leach
• Con la collaborazione di: Edmund Leach (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.02.2004
• EAN: 9780415330725
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33072-5
• Pagine: 210
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Society and culture: general, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)