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Purity and danger : an analysis of concept of pollution and taboo /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007. Works. 2003 ; v. 2.
Routledge classics.
Subjects:
Taboo.
Purity, Ritual.
Taboo
Tabou.
PureteÌ? rituelle.
taboo.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ritual uncleanness
  • Secular defilement
  • The abominations of Leviticus
  • Magic and miracle
  • Primitive worlds
  • Powers and dangers
  • External boundaries
  • Internal lines
  • The system at war with itself
  • The system shattered and renewed.