Implicit meanings : selected essays in anthropology
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Implicit meanings : selected essays in anthropology
(Collected works / Mary Douglas, v. 5)
Routledge, 2003
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Reprint. Originally published by Routledge, 1975
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 have had a major influence on anthropological thought, such as food, pollution, risk, animals and myth. The papers in this text demonstrate the importance of seeking to understand beliefs and practices that are implicit and a priori within what might seem to be alien cultures.
Table of Contents
- New material for this edition: Part I: New Introduction. 1. The Lele of the Kasai (1954)
- 4.Te chniques of Sorcery Control in Central Africa (1963)
- 5.The Lele Revisited (1987) Part II: New Introduction
- 12. Obituary of Godfrey Lienhardt (1994) Part III: New Introduction 13. The Politicization of Risk (1970), 16. Rightness of Categories (1993)
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