Mary Douglas
Dame Mary Douglas, was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture, symbolism and risk, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion.
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Background
- Born in
- Sanremo
- Educated at
- University of OxfordWoldingham SchoolSt Anne's College
- Awards
- 🏆 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire🏆 Commander of the Order of the British Empire🏆 John Desmond Bernal Prize🏆 Huxley Memorial Medal🏆 Fellow of the British Academy
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 E. E. Evans-Pritchard
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1921
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