ISBN: PB: 9780226474823,
ISBN: HB: 9780226474809,
University of Chicago Press,
December 1996
260 pp.,
23x15 cm, 1 colour plate, 11 halftones
As Levi-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...
ISBN: PB: 9780226474724,
ISBN: HB: 9780226474717,
University of Chicago Press,
December 1996
294 pp.,
23x15 cm, 4 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables
"In olden days, in a village peopled by animal creatures, lived Wild Cat (another name for Lynx). He was old and mangy, and he was constantly scratching himself with his cane. From time to time, a young girl who lived in the same cabin would grab the...