This book demonstrates his application of the structural method to a wide range of anthropological concerns, including kinship, social organization, religion, mythology and art. Preface, Introduction: History and Anthropology, Language and Kinship, Structural Analysis in Linguistics and in Anthropology, Language and the Analysis of Social Laws, Linguistics and Anthropology, Postscript to Chapters III and IV, Social Organization, The Concept of Archaism in Anthropology, Social Structures of Central and Eastern Brazil, Do Dual Organizations Exist?, Magic and Religion, The Sorcerer and His Magic, The Effectiveness of Symbols, The Structural Study of Myth, Structure and Dialectics, Art, Split Representation in the Art of Asia and America, The Serpent with Fish Inside His Body, Problems of Method and Teaching, Social Structure, Postscript to Chapter XV, The Place of Anthropology in the Social Sciences and Problems Raised in Teaching It, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, Index.