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Tristes Tropiques

by: Levi-Strauss, Claude; Weightman, John; Weightman, Doreen; Wilcken, Patrick

Tristes Tropiques

by: Levi-Strauss, Claude; Weightman, John; Weightman, Doreen; Wilcken, Patrick

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9780143106258
ISBN 10:
0143106252
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/31/2012
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Summary

First published in 1955, Claude Levi-Strauss's accounts of his researches among the peoples of the Amazon is a fascinating study and influential in understanding the organization of human society. He writes of myths and superstitions, modern cities and ancient villages, and each page is packed with anecdotes and observations. Photos & illus. throughout.

Introduction and Notes	p. 3
Translators' Note	p. 14
Tristes Tropiques
An End to Journeying	p. 15
Setting Out	p. 17
On Board Ship	p. 22
The West Indies	p. 29
The Quest for Power	p. 37
Travel Notes	p. 45
Looking Back	p. 47
The Making of an Anthropologist	p. 51
Sunset	p. 61
The New World	p. 71
The Doldrums	p. 73
Guanabara	p. 81
Crossing the Tropic	p. 89
Sao Paulo	p. 95
The Earth and Its Inhabitants	p. 107
Towns and Countryside	p. 109
Pioneer Zone	p. 120
The Magic Carpet	p. 127
Crowds	p. 134
Markets	p. 143
Caduveo	p. 151
Parana	p. 133
Pantanal	p. 161
Nalike	p. 170
A Native Community and its Life-Style	p. 178
Bororo	p. 199
Gold and Diamonds	p. 201
Virtuous Savages	p. 215
The Living and the Dead	p. 230
Nambikwara	p. 247
The Lost World	p. 249
In the Sertão	p. 261
On the Line	p. 272
Family Life	p. 281
A Writing Lesson	p. 294
Men, Women and Chiefs	p. 305
Tupi-Kawahib	p. 319
A Canoe Trip	p. 321
Robinson Crusoe	p. 330
In the Forest	p. 338
The Village of the Crickets	p. 347
The Farce of the Japim Bird	p. 353
Amazonia	p. 361
Seringal	p. 367
The Return	p. 373
The Apotheosis of Augustus	p. 375
A Little Glass of Rum	p. 383
Taxila	p. 394
The Kyong	p. 405
Index	p. 416
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Tristes Tropiques

Tristes Tropiques

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0143106252

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