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1	Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, Professor Wendy Doniger (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.22! new only from $5.22! \| SVS
2	Structural Anthropology more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist 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 Lvi-Strausss understanding of man and society in terms of individualskinship, social organization, religion, mythology, and art. see all copies from $4.85! new only from $18.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A world on the wane more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.66! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Look, Listen, Read more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, Brian C J Singer (Translator) add to wishlist One of the worlds most celebrated anthropologists focuses on our aesthetic sensibilities and explores how timeless works of art exert their hold on the human psyche. Drawing from the visual, musical, and literary arts, Lvi-Strauss shows how these works touch our essential humanity in a way that transcends nationality, converging cultural ... see all copies from $2.46! new only from $24.99! \| first editions
5	The Jealous Potter more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, Benedicte Chorier (Translator) add to wishlist As Lévi-Strauss freely explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels interweave with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Lévi-Strauss critiques psychoanalytic interpretation and defends the interpretive powers ... see all copies from $4.56! new only from $18.70! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Raw and the Cooked: Mythologiques, Volume 1 more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, John Weightman (Translator), Doreen Weightman (Translator) add to wishlist "Levi-Strauss is a French savant par excellence, a man of extraordinary sensitivity and human wisdom . . . a deliberate stylist with profound convictions and convincing arguments. . . . ["The Raw and the Cooked"] adds yet another chapter to the tireless quest for a scientifically accurate, esthetically viable, and philosophically relevant cultural ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $32.50! \| SVS
7	Totemism more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! new only from $15.74! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Saudades Do Brasil: A Photographic Memoir more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, Sylvia Modelski (Translator) add to wishlist In the mid-1930s, the renowned anthropologist Levi-Strauss ventured into the Brazilian interior to document the cultural habits of isolated tribal groups. Also included are some images of Sao Paulo in the thirties when it was still a frontier city. see all copies from $10.50! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
9	The naked man more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist In the final volume of his "Mythologiques" series, Lévi-Strauss uses the structural method he developed to show the transformations of mythological stories taken from native North American cultures and decodes these transformations in terms of their core social and anthropological values. see all copies from $4.52! first editions
10	From Honey to Ashes more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $7.99! first editions
11	The Story of Lynx more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, Catherine Tihanyi (Translator) add to wishlist Levi-Strauss's most accessible examination of the rich mythology of Native America centers on a myth of the Nez Perce about the relationship of Coyote and Wild Cat, and its many variations in both North and South America. The meaning and use of twinness is central to the analysis, and the concept of dual organization exemplified in the tales is ... see all copies from $6.01! new only from $15.59! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Tristes Tropiques more books like this by Strauss Claude Levi, Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist "Tristes Tropiques" records Lévi-Strauss's search for "a human society reduced to its most basic expression", and focuses on the tribes of the Caduvco, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib of the Amazon basin and the upland jungles of Brazil. Lévi-Strauss draws fascinating comparisons and parallels among the tribes and human societies at large, ... see all copies from $4.99!
13	Structural Anthropology, Volume 2 more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, Monique Layton (Translator) add to wishlist These 18 essays are arranged in four major sections, giving a bird's-eye view of the problems of modern ethnology. "Perspective Views" contains essays on the origins, scope, and future of social anthropology. "Social Organization" presents two important essays on kinship. The third and longest section, "Mythology and Ritual". includes such ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $24.88! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Savage Mind: Chicago Collector's Edition more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $99.00!
15	Myth & Meaning more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist This volume represents a concise distillation of Lévi-Strauss's methods, ideas, and conclusions from his distinguished career as a leading social anthropologist. The chapters and text are compiled from a series of radio interviews that Lévi-Strauss gave in English in 1977. see all copies from $2.25!
16	Mirar Escuchar Leer more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist Claude Levi-Strauss (Bruselas, 1908) es una figura clave de la antropologia y uno de los grandes creadores del pensamiento contemporaneo. En este libro reune un conjunto de ensayos sobre arte y gusto. Como un paseante a la vez caprichoso y sabio, mezclando el placer y el conocimiento, el autor explora calles y avenidas de la cultura estetica. El ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $98.55! \| SVS
17	The origin of table manners more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist This is the third in Lévi-Strauss's four-volume work devoted to the anthropological study of Native American mythology. see all copies from $10.00! first editions
18 view cover	The Naked Man: Mythologiques, Volume 4 more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, John Weightman (Translator), Doreen Weightman (Translator) add to wishlist In the final volume of his "Mythologiques" series, Lévi-Strauss uses the structural method he developed to show the transformations of mythological stories taken from native North American cultures and decodes these transformations in terms of their core social and anthropological values. see all copies from $25.00! new only from $32.50!
19	The scope of anthropology more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $3.24! first editions
20	Anthropologie Structurale (French Edition) by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $9.20! new only from $81.17! \| first editions
21 view cover	Introduction to the Work of Marcel Mauss more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist Claude Levis-Strauss approaches Mauss by combining anthropology and structural linguistics to assess his achievements and intentions arguing that Mauss - who at the time represented the mainstream of French anthropology - was in fact structuralist mangue. He then goes on to formulate the central tenets of structuralist thought: the belief in ... see all copies from $31.54! new only from $31.54! \| SVS
22	Scope of Anthropology by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $3.60! new only from $51.54! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Origin of Table Manners: Mythologiques, Volume 3 more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss, John Weightman (Translator), Doreen Weightman (Translator) add to wishlist This is the third in Lévi-Strauss's four-volume work devoted to the anthropological study of Native American mythology. see all copies from $32.50! new only from $36.25! \| first editions
24	Pensee Sauvage more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist see all copies from $13.00! new only from $44.42! \| first editions
25	The View from Afar more books like this by Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Claude Levi-Strauss, Phoebe Hoss (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! first editions

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