A Very Personal Method: Anthropological Writings Drawn from Life
The range of Mary Douglas's interests had few parallels amongst the leading social anthropologists of the 20th century. Although inspired by the classics of the discipline of anthropology, her theories were idiosyncratic and her applications of them never predictable. By bringing together writings in different genres that she composed over the entirety of her career, this volume demonstrates her distinctive style of thought and expression. The topics she addressed ranged freely between family and friends, the demands of domestic routine, her belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, and cultural similarities and differences on a global scale. I…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4462-5469-1
- EAN: 9781446254691
- Produktnummer: 13739162
- Verlag: Sage Pubn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 318 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 476 g
- Gewicht: 476
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Mary Douglas's literary executor, Richard Fardon, is Professor of West African Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. A former student of Mary Douglas, his intellectual biography of her was published by Routledge in 1999, and updated by a Memoir in the Proceedings of the British Academy Memoir, 2010.
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