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Synopsis
Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats their body as an image of society and the author examines the varieties of ritual and symbolic expression and the patterns of social ritual in which they are embodied.
Natural Symbols is a book about religion and it concerns our own society at least as much as any other. It has stimulated new insights into religious and political movements and has provoked re-appraisals of current progressive orthodoxies in many fields. As a classic, it represents a work of anthropology in its widest sense, exploring themes such as the social meaning of natural symbols and the image of the body in society which are now very much in vogue in anthropology, sociology and cultural studies.
In this reissue and with a new Introduction, Natural Symbols will continue to appeal to all students of anthropology, sociology and religion.
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'It has an originality unmatched for a generation among the writings of anthropologists.' - Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
Mary Douglas is a distinguished international anthropologist. She retired as professor of Anthropology at University College London in 1977, and taught in America until 1988. Her books include Purity and Danger (1966), Essays in the Sociology of Perception (1982), How Institutions Think (1986) and Risk and Blame (1992)
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- PublisherBarrie & Jenkins
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 021466855X
- ISBN 13 9780214668555
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages219
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