Natural Symbols (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Tew
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Cultural anthropology
- Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology
- Subjects: Culture, Tradition, Communication, Linguistics or linguists, Religion, Human race, Symbolism, Rites or ceremonies, Sociology
Form and Content
Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology, like Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Claude Levi-Strauss’ Anthropologie structurale (1958; Structural Anthropology, 1963), addresses contemporary cultural conditions in the Western world using the insights of anthropological studies. Mary Douglas’ study begins with an apparent anomaly in contemporary Western societies: While the better-educated, elite clergy of mainstream denominations (Douglas cites especially the Roman Catholic church in Great Britain)...
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