Tristes Tropiques
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Tristes Tropiques

by Claude Lévi-Strauss

1955•Documentary•416 pages

Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryunlikely connectionsall consuming quest

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Boxlist takeA grounded, weighty non-fiction book: expansive and inventive. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

Tristes Tropiques was an immensely popular bestseller when it was first published in France in 1955. Claude Levi-Strauss's groundbreaking study of the societies of a number of Amazonian peoples is a cornerstone of structural anthropology and an exploration by the author of his own intellectual roots as a professor of philosophy in Brazil before the Second World War, as a Jewish exile from Nazi-occupied Europe, and...

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryHistoricalSocial commentaryUnlikely connectionsAll consuming quest

Subjects

Brazil, description and travelIndians of south americaDescription and travelSocial life and customsAnthropologyIndigenous peoplesTravelReligion primitive

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Author
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Published
1955
Pages
416
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