Douglas, Mary

Douglas, Mary

(1921-) British social and cultural anthropologist who has made a particular study of RITUAL, symbolism and TABOO (e.g. Purity and Danger, 1966; Natural Symbols, 1970), much of this study possessing a special relevance for womens studies. She presents ritual prohibitions, including restrictions on womens activities, as occurring where social phenomena are held to ‘threaten’ existing classificatory systems.
Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000
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Douglas, Mary. Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology.
Impassioned mother or passive icon: the virgin's role in late medieval and early modern passion sermons
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