Overview : This handy, concise biography covers the life of Mary Douglas, one of the most important anthropologists of the second half of the 20th cen... Read More
Overview :Until recently Leviticus has been read, especially in Christian circles, as part of a 'priestly' work with a predominantly prescriptive and ... Read More
Overview : Mary Douglas's innovative explanations for styles of human thought and for the dynamics of institutional change have furnished a distinctiv... Read More
Overview :Everyone knows that Henry VIII had six wives, two sisters and two daughters. All of these women received attention in academic circles and a... Read More
Overview :Mary Douglas is an outstanding example of an evaluative thinker at work. In Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Tabo... Read More
Overview :This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in ... Read More
Overview :Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Dougla... Read More
Overview :This text argues that Mary Kelly's combination of texts with images and found objects has been pivotal, not only to the development of Conce... Read More
Overview : Professor Douglas writes gracefully, lucidly and polemically. She continually makes points which illuminate matters in the philosophy of re... Read More
Overview :First published in 1987, Constructive Drinking is a series of original case studies organized into three sections based on three major funct... Read More