Purity and Danger
by Mary Douglas
In Purity and Danger, Mary Douglas explores the cultural meanings of purity, pollution, dirt, and taboo. The book considers how societies classify experience, establish boundaries, and maintain order through shared ideas about what is acceptable, dangerous, or out of place.
About This Book
Purity and Danger is a work by anthropologist Mary Douglas.
The book explores how societies understand purity, danger, dirt, and taboo.
It considers the relationship between cultural categories, social order, and the meanings people assign to boundaries and disorder.
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