224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats their body as an image of society and the author examines the varieties of ritual and symbolic expression and the patterns of social ritual in which they are embodied. Natural Symbols is a... Read more
1 Away from ritual 2 To inner experience 3 The Bog Irish 4 Grid and group 5 The two bodies 6 Test cases 7 The problem of evil 8 Impersonal rules 9 Control of symbols 10 Out of the cave
Biography
Mary Douglas is a distinguished anthropologist. She retired as Professor of Anthropology at University College London in 1977, and taught in America until 1988. Her books include Purity and Danger (1966), Essays in the Sociology of Perception (1982), How Institutions Think (1986) and Risk and Blame (1992).
