Implicit meanings: Essays in anthropology

by Mary Douglas

"...this book provides a splendid answer as to why anthropology goes on mattering and also to why no surgery can separate it from sociology."--The Economist

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, Social Science

325 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Tom Muddiman]

A very interesting and engaging broad sweep across Mary Douglas's work. Some of it (particularly the latest chapters) very difficult to follow but with some very deep and reflective thinking about the nature of rules, symbols, regulation with implications across social science.

[Jeremy]

Douglas explains jokes in terms of "anti-ritual" (5).