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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
Purity and Danger An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Author:Mary Douglas Mary Douglas is a central figure within British social anthropology. Studying under Evans-Pritchard at Oxford immediately after the war, she formed part of the group of anthropologists who established social anthropology's standing in the world of scholarship. Her works, spanning the second half of the twentieth century, have been widely read an... more »d her theories applied across the social sciences and humanities.« less