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245 00 a| Matter out of placeh| [electronic resource] :b| anthropological explorations of bodies, dirt and morality /c| edited by Rebecca Lynch, Joseph Calabrese and Roland Littlewood.;

260 a| New York :b| Berghahn Books,c| 2025.;

300 a| vi, 188 pagesc| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Anthropological ideas of pollution revisited: categories, values and the legacy of Mary Douglas / Rebecca Lynch, Roland Littlewood -- Three doings of excretory dirt: disgust, humour, emphasis / Sjaak van der Geest -- Leaky bodies and the dynamic relationality of matter and place / Rebecca Lynch -- 'Yesterday's coffee is tomorrow's coffee': the body, human waste and off-world living / Aaron Parkhurst, David Jeevendrampillai -- Filth as faith: stories of antinomian pollution / Roland Littlewood -- Orgasmic excess and alienation: non-productive capitalist bodies as pollution / Ellie Reynolds -- Psychopharmacological purity doctrines and the inertia of cruelty: using Mary Douglas and Rene Girard to understand the war on drugs / Joseph Calabrese -- The abominations of Leviticus reconsidered: the anthropology and psychology of pollution / Simon Dein -- The power of taboo: anthropological and neurocognitive perspectives / Quinton Deeley -- Radioactive pollution in Nevada and Kazakhstan: a non-scientific voice for victims / André Singer.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Anthropologists often use 'pollution' to refer to social and individual challenges to a cultural idea of purity, which may be seen in terms of religious practice, foodstuffs and social differentiation. It has been used as a trope to explore ideas of dirt and place, moral inversion and reinforcement, disgust and taboo. The book is an invitation to consider the continued relevance of Mary Douglas' conceptualization of pollution and dirt as 'matter out of place' in relation to contemporary circumstances. Its ethnographic and theoretical contributions cover diverse contexts, ranging from Europe to Africa, the Caribbean, India and Outer Space"-- Provided by publisher.;

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Matter out of place anthropological explorations of bodies, dirt and morality / edited by Rebecca Lynch, Joseph Calabrese and Roland Littlewood.

Other author	Lynch, Rebecca (Research fellow
Other author	Calabrese, Joseph D.
Other author	Littlewood, Roland
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn Books, 2025.
Description	vi, 188 pages 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007. Purity and danger http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/5e224cf7-91ef-8827-34da-5e58c8af3dbd Taboo Purity, Ritual Fear of contamination Moral conditions

Contents	Anthropological ideas of pollution revisited: categories, values and the legacy of Mary Douglas / Rebecca Lynch, Roland Littlewood -- Three doings of excretory dirt: disgust, humour, emphasis / Sjaak van der Geest -- Leaky bodies and the dynamic relationality of matter and place / Rebecca Lynch -- 'Yesterday's coffee is tomorrow's coffee': the body, human waste and off-world living / Aaron Parkhurst, David Jeevendrampillai -- Filth as faith: stories of antinomian pollution / Roland Littlewood -- Orgasmic excess and alienation: non-productive capitalist bodies as pollution / Ellie Reynolds -- Psychopharmacological purity doctrines and the inertia of cruelty: using Mary Douglas and Rene Girard to understand the war on drugs / Joseph Calabrese -- The abominations of Leviticus reconsidered: the anthropology and psychology of pollution / Simon Dein -- The power of taboo: anthropological and neurocognitive perspectives / Quinton Deeley -- Radioactive pollution in Nevada and Kazakhstan: a non-scientific voice for victims / André Singer.
Abstract	"Anthropologists often use 'pollution' to refer to social and individual challenges to a cultural idea of purity, which may be seen in terms of religious practice, foodstuffs and social differentiation. It has been used as a trope to explore ideas of dirt and place, moral inversion and reinforcement, disgust and taboo. The book is an invitation to consider the continued relevance of Mary Douglas' conceptualization of pollution and dirt as 'matter out of place' in relation to contemporary circumstances. Its ethnographic and theoretical contributions cover diverse contexts, ranging from Europe to Africa, the Caribbean, India and Outer Space"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2024017699
ISBN	9781805396833 hardback
ISBN	epub
ISBN	web pdf

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