> --- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, Jane Williams
> > > But anyhow, Levi-Strauss is good.
> >
> > He seems to have written rather a lot. Any
> particular
> > recommendations?
>
> I'm failing to think of something accessible, so
> I'll say Structural
> Anthropology, one of his 'biggies'. I haven't read
> tons of
> Levi-Strauss, but based on what I have read, I'm
> unsure about his
> utility for gaming relative to Campbell.
I'd say Structural Anthropology I and II (I especially liked the story of how the doubter decided to become a shaman) and The Raw and the Cooked.
As for utility the Runes of Glorantha have a great
deal of Levi-Strauss in them, insofar they represent
metaphor and knowledge expressed in structures of
binary opposites. Further, Levi-Strauss' distinction
between synchronic and diachronic provide a very rich
means to develop mythic stories in
HeroQuest/Glorantha.
There's a neat summary here:
http://www.michaelbryson.net/academic/levi-strauss.html
HTH, Lev
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