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Purity and Danger : An Analysis of Concept of Pollution and Taboo / Mary Douglas ; with a new preface by the author.

By: Series: Routledge classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: xxi, 244 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0415289955 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 21
LOC classification:
  • GN471.4 .D68 2005
Other classification:
  • 390 DOU
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents Acknowledgements; Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition; Introduction; 1 Ritual Uncleanness; 2 Secular Defilement; 3 The Abominations of Leviticus; 4 Magic and Miracle; 5 Primitive Worlds; 6 Powers and Dangers; 7 External Boundaries; 8 Internal Lines; 9 The System at War with Itself; 10 The System Shattered and Renewed; Bibliography; Index
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Barcode
BOOKs . Anthropology Section 390 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PB Pending hold 38796

Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966.

Contents
Acknowledgements;
Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition;
Introduction;
1 Ritual Uncleanness;
2 Secular Defilement;
3 The Abominations of Leviticus;
4 Magic and Miracle;
5 Primitive Worlds;
6 Powers and Dangers;
7 External Boundaries;
8 Internal Lines;
9 The System at War with Itself;
10 The System Shattered and Renewed;
Bibliography;
Index