Right & left : essays on dual symbolic classification
Right and Left is the first book to explore symbolic dualism systematically in a variety of cultures. Featuring a new translation of Robert Hertz's seminal work, "The Pre-eminence of the Right Hand," this rewarding collection presents seventeen essays written between 1909 and 1971 by notable scholars on both literary and ethnographic aspects of the subject. Many appear here in English for the first time, and several have been materially revised for this volume. Together, these essays reveal the amazing range of dual symbolic classifications--such as right and left, masculine and feminine, yin and yang--and support Hertz's contention that polarity is a fundamental aspect of human expression.-back cover
Print Book, English, 1978, ©1973
Phoenix ed
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1978, ©1973