The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism
About this book
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 Lévi-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 Lévi-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.
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· 206 pages · ≈ 3 h 49 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism?
About ≈ 3 h 49 m — 206 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism?
206 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism?
It sits on the Mythology shelves.
Is The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism?
Edmund Ronald Leach.