Mary Douglas: An Intellectual Biography by Richard Fardon - 1999-06-21

Routledge, 1999. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London and New York: Routledge. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 315 pages. Essential reading for anthropologist and other who wish to know more about Douglas' theories and her sources of inspiration. . 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover.

Paperback / softback. New. A 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. Fardon covers Douglas' family background and the influence of her catholic faith before providing an analysis of two of her major works, PURITY AND DANGER and NATURAL SYMBOLS.

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London; New York: Routledge, 1999. 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 337 pages. Contents: Book 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 Appendix 1 Mary Douglas: a bibliography 1950...98 Appendix 2 Reviews of books written by Mary… Read More

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Routledge, 1999. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 315 pages. 6.25x9.50x1.00 inches.

Routledge, 1999-06-21. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!