by Clifford Geertz · tapa dura · ISBN 9780393042542
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«Myth, symbol, and culture» is the essay anthology edited by Clifford Geertz, published by Norton in hardback (227 pages, in English).
Anthology of essays on mythology, symbol and culture, originally published as the winter 1972 issue of the journal Daedalus. Includes Geertz's study of the Balinese cockfight, Mary Douglas's analysis of food as a sign, and works on genealogy and the translation of myth in Virgil, Rubens and Dryden.
Essays by James W. Fernandez, Mary Douglas, Frank E. Manuel, Judith N. Shklar, Reuben A. Brower, Steven Marcus and Robert M. Adams. Includes bibliographical references.
For readers interested in anthropology, mythology, symbology and cultural studies.
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology and who was considered "for three decades ... the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
