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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo – Mary Douglas (1966)

“A sharp, comparative analysis of symbolic boundary maintenance across times and cultures, Mary Douglas’s Purity and Danger intervened in the anthropology of religion and ritual, as well as in the theoretical development of the field as a whole. It is a key … Continue reading

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