Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Mary Douglas, 1921 - 2007

Mary Douglas has passed away. She was tremendously influential to many anthropologists and other scholars, including myself, through books like Purity and Danger and Natural Symbols.

The following link is to an obituary in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/world/europe/22douglas.html

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