{"product_id":"the-jealous-potter-paperback","title":"The Jealous Potter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaude Lévi-Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Lévi-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. Lévi-Strauss critiques psychoanalytic interpretation and defends the interpretive powers of structuralism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner-Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A characteristic tour de force. . . . One remains awed by him.\"-Colin Thubron, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[An] engagingly provocative exploration of mythology in the Americas. . . . Always a good read.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A playful, highly entertaining book, fluently and elegantly translated by Bénédicte Chorier.\"-Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.4 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736825139263,"sku":"9780226474823","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cd6ed1cd90c449db16524230dad425ea_e9599e61-c095-42a0-b0da-ceac31683c81.webp?v=1765147984","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-jealous-potter-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}