| Myth and Method Contributor(s): Patton, Laurie L. (Editor), Doniger, Wendy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813916569 ISBN-13: 9780813916569 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 291.130 |
| LCCN: 96-14672 |
| Series: Studies in Religion and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.33" W x 9.3" (1.92 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the wake of the elegant master theories of Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, Georges Dumezil, and Claude Levi-Strauss, how are mythology and the comparative study of religion to be understood? In Myth and Method, a leading team of scholars assesses the current state of the study of myth and explores the possibilities for charting a methodological middle course between the comparative and the contextual issues raised in the last ten years. In confronting these tension, they provide an outline of the most troubling questions in the field and offer a variety of responses to them. |