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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instanceOf anthropology book
book
author Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
examines cultural codes of eating
links between myth and social structure
symbolic oppositions in myth
explores cultural rules of commensality
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
structural anthropology
hasAuthor Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED
hasSeriesAuthor Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED
hasTheme origin of social rules
relationship between nature and culture
rituals of eating
isThirdInSeries Mythologiques NERFINISHED
languageOfTranslation English
literaryForm scholarly monograph
mainSubject Indigenous American myths
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 NERFINISHED
The Naked Man NERFINISHED
The Raw and the Cooked NERFINISHED
seriesPosition third volume of Mythologiques
setInDiscipline anthropology
setInSubdiscipline structural anthropology
subjectArea cultural anthropology
myth criticism
symbolic anthropology
translator Doreen Weightman NERFINISHED
John Weightman NERFINISHED
usesMethodology structuralist analysis
volumeNumber 3

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Mythologiques hasTranslation The Origin of Table Manners