Implicit Meanings / Edition 1

by Professor Mary Douglas

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415606738
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/14/2010
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mary Douglas, Professor Mary Douglas

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)