Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics)

by Mary Douglas

Paperback, 2002

Collections

Your library, Anthropology

Genres

Publication

Routledge (2002), 272 pages

Description

Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within anthropology.

Subjects

Anthropology, Cultural
Culture History
Purity, Ritual
Taboo

Awards

The Hundred Most Influential Books Since the War (54 — [1960])

Language

English

Physical description

272 p.; 5.08 inches

ISBN

0415289955 / 9780415289955

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