内容简介
TristesTropiqueswasanimmenselypopularbestsellerwhenitwasfirstpublishedinFrancein1955.ClaudeLevi-Strauss'sgroundbreakingstudyofthesocietiesofanumberofAmazonianpeoplesisacornerstoneofstructuralanthropologyandanexplorationbytheauthorofhisownintellectualrootsasaprofessorofphilosophyinBrazilbeforetheSecondWorldWar,asaJewishexilefromNazi-occupiedEurope,andlaterasaworld-renownedacademic(hetaughtatNewYork'sNewSchoolforSocialResearchandwasFrenchculturalattachetotheUnitedStates).Levi-Strauss'scentraljourneyleadsfromtheAmazonbasinthroughthedenseuplandjunglesofBrazil.There,amongtheAmerindiantribes-theCaduveo,Bororo,Nambikwara,andTupi-Kawahib-hefound"ahumansocietyreducedtoitsmostbasicexpression."Levi-Strauss'sdiscussionofhisfieldworkinTristesTropiquesenduresasamilestoneofanthropology,butthebookisalso,initsbrilliantdiversionsonother,morefamiliarcultures,agreatworkofliterature,avividtravelogue,andanengagingmemoir-ademonstrationofthemarvelousmentalagilityofoneofthecentury'smostimportantthinkers.PresentedhereisthetranslationbyJohnandDoreenWeightmanofthecompletetextoftherevisedFrencheditionof1968,togetherwiththeoriginalphotographsandillustrations.
作者简介
ClaudeLevi-Strauss(1908-2009),thefounderofstructuralanthropology,wasborninBelgiumandstudiedattheUniversityofParis.AmemberoftheFrenchAcademy,heauthorednumerousworks,includingStructuralAnthropology,TheSavageMind,andMythandMeaning.PatrickWilckenistheauthorofClaudeLevi-Strauss:TheFatherofModernAnthropology.HelivesinLondon.JohnWeightman(1915-2004)andDoreenWeightman(d.1985)togethertranslatedseveralimportantanthropologicalworksofClaudeLevi-StraussandabookaboutRousseaubyJeanGuehenno.