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The argument that humans, perhaps biologically, need to categorize things of their enviornment in order to survive is arelatively simple one. To study it in our daily rituals is not so simple. When we set up and clean our tables, cook, clean our restrooms and floors, what are we actually doing? In this structural anthroplogical work by Douglas, she argues that our rituals of cleaning is symbolic rather than hygienic.