Tristes tropiques - Claude Lvi-Strauss

This watershed work records Claude Lvi-Strauss's search for "a
human society reduced to its most basic expression." From the Amazon
basin through the dense upland jungles of Brazil, Lvi-Strauss found
the societies he was seeking among the Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara, and
Tupi-Kawahib. More than merely recounting his time in their midst,
Tristes Tropiques places the cultural practices of these peoples
in a global context and extrapolates a fascinating theory of culture
that has given the book an importance far beyond the fields of
anthropology and continental philosophy. The author's fresh approach,
sense of humor, and openness to the sensuous mystique of the tropics
make the scientific thrust of the book eminently accessible.

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