The late Mary Douglas was professor of social anthropology at University College London. After her retirement she was an honorary research fellow there.
"Over the course of her career Ms. Douglas has become a master at
discerning order in unexpected forms and surprising places. In
an unassuming way, without pretense or revolutionary claims, she
reveals the logic behind the varied customs of a society."—Edward
Rothstein, New York Times
*New York Times*
"The scope of Mary Douglas's syntheticising thought is admirable.
Her relaxed observations across the centuries and cultural
boundaries are stimulating reading for anyone interested in the
patterns of narrative, a field which is often characterised by
narrow tunnel vision rather than intercultural and
interdisciplinary desire."—Päivi Mehtonen, Bryn Mawr Classical
Review
*Bryn Mawr Classical Review*
"Succinct, unpretentious, wise and, best of all, reconstructive. .
. . [A] valuable contribution to cultural studies in the widest
sense of the term, making one wish the term were more often
stretched this finely. . . . a sagacious field guide, pleasing and
teasing our tastes for turnings."—Jennifer Formichelli, Essays in
Criticism
*Essays in Criticism*
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