Elementary structures reconsidered : Levi-Strauss on kinship / Francis Korn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korn, Francis, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.

Routledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnography ; IV

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Levi-Strauss, Claude. Structures elementaires de la parente.

Levi-Strauss, Claude.

Kinship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of Lévi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory when it was originally published. Originally published in 1973.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Incest Taboo: a Bridge; 2 Structures and Regimes; 3 Prescription and Preference; 4 Terminology and 'Structure': the Dieri Case; 5 A Question of Preferences: the Iatmül Case; 6 Some Comments on Alternation: the Mara Case; 7 Permutation Models and Prescriptive Systems; 8 Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1973.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-01748-2

1-136-53577-2

1-136-53584-5

9781315017488

OCLC:

863823505