Mary Douglas

Mary Douglas, DBE, FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism.

Works

The Lele of the Kasai (1963)
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (1966)
Pollution (1968)
Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology (1970)
Implicit Meanings: Essays in Anthropology (1975)
“Jokes” Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (1975); edited by Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson
The World of Goods (1979) with Baron Isherwood
Evans-Pritchard (1980)
Risk and Culture (1980) with Aaron Wildavsky
In the Active Voice (1982)
How Institutions Think (1986)
Missing persons: a critique of the social sciences (1988) with Steven Ney
Risk and Blame: Essays in Cultural Theory (1992)
In the Wilderness: The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers (1993)
Thought styles: Critical essays on good taste (1996)
Leviticus as Literature (1999)
Constructive Drinking: Perspectives on Drink from Anthropology (2002)
Jacob's Tears: The Priestly Work of Reconciliation (2004)
Thinking in Circles (2007)

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