Implicit Meanings: Selected Essays in Anthropology by Mary.
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In 1949, Mary began field work for her doctorate, studying the Lele people in what was then the Belgian Congo. In the early years of the 1950s Mary completed her doctorate, married James Douglas and started a family of three children. She taught anthropology at University College, London, remaining there for twenty-five years.
Implicit Meanings Essays in Anthropology. By: Douglas, Mary. Price:. Mary Douglas An Intellectual Biography. By: Fardon, Richard.. with Black and White Photographs. 315 pages Essential reading for anthropologist and other who wish to know more about Douglas' theories and her sourcesof inspiration.
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Contributions to anthropology. Mary Douglas is best known for her interpretation of the book of Leviticus, and for her role in creating the cultural theory of risk. Douglas' book Purity and Danger is considered a key text in social anthropology. The line of enquiry in Purity and Danger traces the words and meaning of dirt in different contexts. What is regarded as dirt in a given society is.
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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.