| The Jealous Potter Contributor(s): Lévi-Strauss, Claude (Author), Chorier, Benedicte (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0226474801 ISBN-13: 9780226474809 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1988 Annotation: This book is entertainment for the intellect, a diverting series of themes and variations that explain simultaneously the relations between the insectivorous nighthawk, marital jealousy, the art of pottery, and the rich creation myths of the Jivaro people of Ecuador and Peru. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 87030076 |
| Physical Information: 2.78" H x 5.79" W x 8.77" (3.00 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As L vi-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 Labiche. L vi-Strauss critiques psychoanalytic interpretation and defends the interpretive powers of structuralism. Electrifying. . . . A brilliant demonstration of structural analysis in action. . . . Can be read with pleasure and profit by anyone interested in that aspect of self-discovery that comes through knowledge of the universal and timeless myths that live on in all of us.--Jonathan Sharp, San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle A characteristic tour de force. . . . One remains awed by him.--Colin Thubron, Sunday Times With all its epistemological depth, the book reads at times like a Simenon or a Lewis Carroll, fusing concise methodology with mastery of style.--Bernadette Bucher, American Ethnologist An] engagingly provocative exploration of mythology in the Americas. . . . Always a good read.--Choice A playful, highly entertaining book, fluently and elegantly translated by B n dicte Chorier.--Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, New York Times Book Review |