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Introducing Levi-Strauss is a guide to the work of the great French anthropologist Claude Levi- Strauss (1908-2009). The book brilliantly traces the development and influence of Levis-Strauss' thought, from his early work on the function of the incest taboo to initiate an exchange of women between groups, to his identification of a timeless 'wild' or 'primitive' mode of thinking - a pensee sauvage - behind the processes of human culture. Accessibly written by Boris Wiseman and beautifully illustrated by Judy Groves, Introducing Levi- Strauss also explores the major contribution that Levi-Strauss made to contemporary aesthetic history - his work on American-Indian mythology provides a key insight into the way in which art itself comes into being. This is an essential introduction to a key thinker.

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Author:   Boris Wiseman ,  Judy Groves
Publisher:   Icon Books
Imprint:   Icon Books
Dimensions:   Width: 12.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 16.80cm
Weight:   0.120kg
ISBN:  

9781848316935

ISBN 10:   1848316933
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   05 June 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Dr Wiseman studied in London at King's College and the London School of Economics and in Paris at the Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Ecole Normale Superieure. He had been a lecturer in the French Department at Durham University since 1997 and is currently at the University of Copenhagen.Judy Groves is a painter, graphic designer and illustrator. She has illustrated numerous Introducing titles.

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