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This book provides an excellent introduction to the thought of anthropologist Mary Douglas. It includes writings on key themes associated with her work that have had a major influence on anthropological thought, such as food, pollution, risk, animals, and myth. Among the new pieces included are: The Lele of the Kasai, Techniques of Sorcery Control in Central Africa, The Lele Revisited, Obituary of Godfrey Lienhardt, The Depoliticization of Risk, and Rightness of Categories.
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Implicit meanings, Mary Douglas
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- 1978
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- Title
- Implicit meanings
- Subtitle
- essays in anthropology
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary Douglas
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 1978
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0710000472
- ISBN13
- 9780710000477
- Series
- Description
- This book provides an excellent introduction to the thought of anthropologist Mary Douglas. It includes writings on key themes associated with her work that have had a major influence on anthropological thought, such as food, pollution, risk, animals, and myth. Among the new pieces included are: The Lele of the Kasai, Techniques of Sorcery Control in Central Africa, The Lele Revisited, Obituary of Godfrey Lienhardt, The Depoliticization of Risk, and Rightness of Categories.