Mary Douglas

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Title

Mary Douglas

Description

Social Theory, Anthropology, Cultural Sociology

Rights

“Picture of Mary Douglas (1921–2007), British anthropologist” by N/A is licensed under Fair Use.

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1921

Birthplace

Britain

Death Date

2007

Biographical Text

Douglas, Mary. (2003) [1986] Risk acceptability according to the social sciences. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203708781

Douglas, M. (2003). Purity and danger: An analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo. Routledge. Accessed July 1, 2022. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203361832/purity-danger-mary-douglas

Douglas, M. (2002). Collected works (12 vols.). London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Mary-Douglas-Collected-Works/Douglas-Douglas/p/book/9780415283977
 
Douglas, M. (1996). Thought styles: critical essays on good taste. Sage.

Douglas, M. (1992). Risk and blame: Essays in cultural theory. London and New York, NY: Routledge.

Douglas, M. (1986). How institutions think. Syracuse University Press.

Douglas, M., & Wildavsky, A. (1983). Risk and culture: An essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers. University of California Press.

Douglas, M. (1973). Natural symbols: explorations in cosmology. London: Barrie and Jenkins.

Secondary Text

Richards, P. (2017). Mary Douglas: understanding social thought and conflict. Berghahn Books.

Logue, D. M., Clegg, S., & Gray, J. (2016). Social organization, classificatory analogies and institutional logics: Institutional theory revisits Mary Douglas. Human Relations, 69(7), 1587-1609. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0018726715614637

Douglas, M. and Ney, S. (1998). Missing persons: a critique of the social sciences. Berkley: University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520207523/missing-persons

Douglas, M. (Ed). (1982). Essays in the sociology of perception. London, Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Extra Resources

Mary Douglas Memorial Lecture 2015: The Societalization of Social Problems. June 3, 2014. University of Oxford Podcasts. Podcast. Accessed July 1, 2022. https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/mary-douglas-memorial-lecture-2015-societalization-social-problems


Joe Galbo. Youtube. Accessed July 1, 2022. https://youtu.be/ghObQIll7N4.
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