Mary Douglas
Also known as Dame Mary Douglas, Margaret Mary Tew, Dame Margaret Mary Tew, Margaret Tew, Margaret Douglas
British anthropologist (1921–2007)
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- Man in Africa
- Natural Symbols
- Purity and danger
- Food in the Social Order
- Constructive Drinking
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- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1952-03-11
- Active to
- 2001-05-11
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Dame Mary Douglas, DBE FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture, symbolism and risk, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion.
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1921 births2007 deaths20th-century British anthropologists20th-century British women writersAcademics of University College LondonAlumni of St Anne's College, OxfordAnthropologists of religionBritish expatriates in ItalyBritish Roman CatholicsBritish social anthropologistsBritish women academicsBritish women anthropologists