The Origin of Table Manners
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The Origin of Table Manners is the third volume of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Mythologiques series, in which he analyzes Indigenous American myths to explore the symbolic structures underlying human culture and social practices.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropology book
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book ⓘ |
| author | Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| examines |
cultural codes of eating
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links between myth and social structure ⓘ symbolic oppositions in myth ⓘ |
| explores |
cultural rules of commensality
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relationships between myth and everyday customs ⓘ symbolic dimensions of food and eating ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeoples | Indigenous peoples of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion | Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Naked Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | From Honey to Ashes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
mythology studies
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structural anthropology ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSeriesAuthor | Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
origin of social rules
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relationship between nature and culture ⓘ rituals of eating ⓘ |
| isThirdInSeries | Mythologiques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTranslation | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Indigenous American myths
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myth analysis ⓘ social practices ⓘ symbolic structures in human culture ⓘ table manners ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Mythologiques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | From Honey to Ashes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
From Honey to Ashes
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The Naked Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Raw and the Cooked NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | third volume of Mythologiques ⓘ |
| setInDiscipline | anthropology ⓘ |
| setInSubdiscipline | structural anthropology ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
cultural anthropology
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myth criticism ⓘ symbolic anthropology ⓘ |
| translator |
Doreen Weightman
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John Weightman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMethodology | structuralist analysis ⓘ |
| volumeNumber | 3 ⓘ |
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