Purity And Danger
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| Originally published | 1966 |
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| Publishers | Routledge |
| Authors | Mary Douglas |
| Subject | Social anthropology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Preceded by | The Lele of the Kasai |
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| ID | 2187248 |
About Purity And Danger
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo is a 1966 book by the anthropologist and cultural theorist Mary Douglas. It is her best known work. In 1991 the Times Literary Supplement listed it as one of the hundred most influential non-fiction books published since 1945.