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Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology /
"There are no such things as natural symbols. Every culture naturalises a certain view of the human body to make it carry social meanings. This work focuses on how the selections from blood, bones, breath or excrement, are made. Body symbolism is always in service to social intentions, and the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "There are no such things as natural symbols. Every culture naturalises a certain view of the human body to make it carry social meanings. This work focuses on how the selections from blood, bones, breath or excrement, are made. Body symbolism is always in service to social intentions, and the body cannot be endowed with universal meanings." "In this now classic work Mary Douglas shows how certain forms of social life bring forth regularly the same varieties of symbolic expression. Hierarchy treats the body as a hierarchy; sect treats it as a closed system; individualism treats it as pervasive energy. Political movements as well as religions have their rituals, medicine, ethics, educational theory, aesthetics, a huge range of judgements fall into line behind the standard cultural bias."--Jacket |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Barrie and Jenkins, 1973. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxvii, 183 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203036050 9780203036051 9780415138253 0415138256 9780415138260 0415138264 9786610331376 6610331375 1280331372 9781280331374 1134773749 9781134773749 1134773757 9781134773756 9781134773701 1134773706 9780203426623 0203426622 |