Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Douglas, Mary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Temas:
Human body > Religious aspects.
Human body > Mythology.
Symbolism.
Ritual.
Sociology.
Religion.
Human Body > in folklore, mythology, & religion.
Human Body
Sociology
Symbolism
Religion
Corps humain > Aspect religieux.
Rituel.
Sociologie.
sociology.
religion (discipline)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
Human body > Mythology
Human body > Religious aspects
Ritual
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Away from ritual
  • chapter 2 To inner experience
  • chapter 3 The Bog Irish
  • chapter 4 Grid and group
  • chapter 5 The two bodies
  • chapter 6 Test cases
  • chapter 7 The problem of evil
  • chapter 8 Impersonal rules
  • chapter 9 Control of symbols
  • chapter 10 Out of the cave.

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