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binary opposition: a standalone construct

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Cultural anthropology

a pair of contrasting terms such as nature and culture that structural analysis treats as a basic unit through which myth and classification organise meaning.

In cultural anthropology, binary opposition refers to a pair of contrasting terms such as nature and culture that structural analysis treats as a basic unit through which myth and classification organise meaning. This meaning comes from Lévi-Strauss (1967) in Structural Anthropology.[1]

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culture4 fields · 9 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs deconstruction1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct myth2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Lévi-Strauss, C., & Layton, M. (1967). Structural Anthropology. Anchor Books. ISBN 9780140138214

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