LEADER 03105oam 2200637I 450 001 9910784691203321 005 20230422044748.0 010 $a1-134-95308-9 010 $a0-203-02022-7 010 $a0-203-15922-5 010 $a1-134-95309-7 010 $a1-280-33307-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203020227 035 $a(CKB)1000000000361257 035 $a(EBL)165453 035 $a(OCoLC)57071748 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000198451 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188882 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198451 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10170349 035 $a(PQKB)10317925 035 $aebr5001276 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165453 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165453 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10071216 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33307 035 $a(OCoLC)48138582 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000361257 100 $a20180331d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMary Douglas $ean intellectual biography /$fRichard Fardon 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-04093-0 311 $a0-415-04092-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBook 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; References 327 $aAppendix 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 index 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aEthnologists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 615 0$aEthnologists 676 $a305.8/0092 676 $aB 700 $aFardon$b Richard.$0660428 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784691203321 996 $aMary Douglas$93726920 997 $aUNINA