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Author:
Douglas, Mary 1921-2007  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 306 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1982
Contents:
Passive voice theories in religious sociology -- Goods as a system of communication -- Money: The contempt of ritual ; Raffia cloth distribution in the Lele economy ; Primitive rationing -- Food as a system of communication: Food studied as a system of communication ; Food as an art form ; The Food Art Exhibition ; Food is not feed -- Good taste: review of Pierre Bourdieu, La distinction -- Population control in primitive groups -- Lele economy compared with the Bushong: a study of economic backwardness -- The exclusion of economics -- Cultural bias -- Maurice Halbwachs, 1877-1945 -- Judgements on James Frazer -- The debate on the Holy: review of The making of late antiquity / by Peter Brown
Topic:
Economic anthropology  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Call number:
GN448.D68 1982X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_234253