03109oam 2200637I 450 991045733280332120200520144314.00-203-02022-70-203-15922-51-134-95309-71-280-33307-310.4324/9780203020227 (CKB)1000000000361257(EBL)165453(OCoLC)57071748(SSID)ssj0000198451(PQKBManifestationID)11188882(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198451(PQKBWorkID)10170349(PQKB)10317925ebr5001276(MiAaPQ)EBC165453(Au-PeEL)EBL165453(CaPaEBR)ebr10071216(CaONFJC)MIL33307(OCoLC)48138582(EXLCZ)99100000000036125720180331d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMary Douglas an intellectual biography /Richard FardonLondon ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-04093-0 0-415-04092-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Mary Douglas's monographs and collected essays: A note on referencing; 1 Memories of a Catholic girlhood': 1920's and 1930's; 2 Oxford years: 1940's; 3 The Africanist: 1950's; 4 Purity and Danger revisited; 5 Natural Symbols defended; 6 Rituals of consumption; 7 Verbal weapons and environments at risk; 8 Returning to religion ... in the contemporary West; 9 Returning to religion ... in the Old Testament; 10 Do institutions think?; 11 The secret consciousness of individuals and the consecrated society; ReferencesAppendix 1 Mary Douglas: a bibliography 1950...98 Appendix 2 Reviews of books written by Mary Douglas; Appendix 3 Concordance of the two editions of Natural Symbols; Name index; Subject indexThis is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the twentieth century.Richard Fardon covers Douglas' family background, and the pervasive influence of her catholic faith on her writings before providing an analysis of two of her most influential works; Purity and Danger (1966) and Natural Symbols (1970). The final section deals with Douglas' more controversial writings in the fields of economics, consumption, religion and risk analysis in contemporary societies.EthnologistsGreat BritainBiographyElectronic books.Ethnologists305.8/0092BFardon Richard.660428MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457332803321Mary Douglas1938498UNINA