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Elementary Structures Reconsidered offers a critical analysis of Claude L vi-Strauss's seminal work Les Structures l mentaires de la parent , a landmark in social anthropology that has significantly influenced the field. L vi-Strauss's theory of kinship systems, which... Read Full Overview

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of L vi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory.

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of Levi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory.

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of L vi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory.

Elementary Structures Reconsidered offers a critical analysis of Claude L vi-Strauss's seminal work Les Structures l mentaires de la parent , a landmark in social anthropology that has significantly influenced the field. L vi-Strauss's theory of kinship systems, which... Read Full Overview