Claude Lévi-Strauss

1908–2009

1 series 5 books in order 1 standalone book

Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-2009) was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key to the development of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthropology at the College de France from 1959 to 1982 and was elected to the Academie francaise in 1973. He is credited here with volumes of the Mythologiques series, including From Honey to Ashes, The Origin of Table Manners, and The Naked Man. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

Born: 1908
Known for: Mythologiques

Series by Claude Lévi-Strauss

Mythologiques

4 books in order · 1964–1971

Mythologiques

1964 · Claude Lévi-Strauss

The Raw and the Cooked (1964) is the first volume of Mythologiques, a structural analysis of Amerindian mythology by French anthropologist Claude…
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From Honey to Ashes

1966 · Claude Lévi-Strauss

From Honey to Ashes is a 1966 book by Claude Lévi-Strauss. It is book 2 of the series Mythologiques.
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The Origin of Table Manners

1968 · Claude Lévi-Strauss

The Origin of Table Manners is a 1968 book by Claude Lévi-Strauss. It is book 3 of the series Mythologiques.
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The Naked Man

1971 · Claude Lévi-Strauss

The Naked Man is a 1971 book by Claude Lévi-Strauss. It is book 4 of the series Mythologiques.
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