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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-17 - Publisher: Routledge
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Language: en
Pages: 164
Pages: 164
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-09-15 - Publisher: Berghahn Books
This handy, concise book covers the life of Mary Douglas, one of the most important anthropologists of the second half of the 20th century. Her work focused on
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-14 - Publisher: Psychology Press
Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas' work and which ha
Language: en
Pages: 299
Pages: 299
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Offering a new and controversial interpretation of Leviticus this book sets out an anthropological perspective on the Jewish purity laws.
Language: en
Pages: 337
Pages: 337
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-04 - Publisher: Routledge
This is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the tw