Mary Douglas

48.4k citations
187 papers · 27.7k indexed · 18 hit papers · h-index 50

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Mary Douglas

161 papers receiving 21.8k citations

Hit Papers

Purity and Danger 2003 · 2.6k citations
2.6k196620261986200650010001.5k2.0k2.5k

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Mary Douglas
Comparison fields: 5 of 205
  • Sociology and Political Science 13.2k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 1.7k
  • Anthropology 2.8k
  • Public Administration 499
  • Gender Studies 1.4k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Mary Douglas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20170
2
Rules and meanings : the anthropology of everyday knowledge
200947
3
Traditional Culture: Let Us Hear No More about It
20071
4 20060
5
Purity and Danger
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20032621
6 200340
7 20016
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Taboo, truth, and religion
19999
9
Estilos de pensar: Ensayos críticos sobre el buen gusto
199810
10
Missing Persons a Critique of the Social Sciences
199872
11 199610
12
Las estructuras de lo culinario
199511
13
Egalitarian community : ethnography and exegesis
199113
14
The Idea of a Home: A Kind of Space
1991162
15
Reinheit und Gefährdung : eine Studie zu Vorstellungen von Verunreinigung und Tabu
19885
16
De la souillure : essai sur les notions de pollution et de tabou
198166
17
Ritual, Tabu und Körpersymbolik : sozialanthropologische Studien in Industriegesellschaft und Stammeskultur
197411
18
Rules and meanings : the anthropology of everyday knowledge : selected readings
19739
19
Man in society : patterns of human organization
19640
20
Congo : tribes & parties
19611

About Mary Douglas

Mary Douglas is a scholar working on Religious studies, Archeology, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Theoretical Computer Science and Urban Studies, having authored 187 papers that have together received 27.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Biblical Studies and Interpretation (12 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (7 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (7 papers), French Urban and Social Studies (6 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (4 papers), Risk Perception and Management (4 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (4 papers) and African history and culture analysis (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (13.2k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (1.7k citations), Anthropology (2.8k citations), Public Administration (499 citations) and Gender Studies (1.4k citations). Mary Douglas has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include William McCormack, Aaron Wíldavsky, Edwin Ardener, Bruno Latour, Zygmunt Bauman, Paul Kingston, Richard M. Titmuss, Phillip R. Kunz, Thomas Robbins and Baron Isherwood. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Africa, British Journal of Sociology, Current Anthropology and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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