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Author Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007, author

Title Implicit meanings : essays in anthropology / Mary Douglas
Published London ; Boston : Routledge & Paul, 1975

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 W'PONDS  306 Dou/Ime  AVAILABLE
Description xxi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Social anthropology
Ethnosoziologie.
Contents Social and religious symbolism of the Lele -- Animals in Lele religious symbolism -- Pollution -- Couvade and menstruation -- Heathen darkness -- Do dogs laugh? -- Jokes -- If the dogon... -- The healing rite -- The meaning of myth -- Humans speak -- Louis Dumont's structural analysis -- The authenticity of Castaneda -- In the nature of things -- Environments at risk -- Deciphering a meal -- Self-evidence
Analysis Ethnology
Notes Includes bibliographies and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Anthropology.
Ethnology.
Ethnology.
LC no. 75331345
ISBN 0710082266