Matter Out of Place

Anthropological Explorations of Bodies, Dirt and Morality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

AvRebecca Lynch,Roland Littlewood,Joseph Calabrese

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt432 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor204
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781805396833

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Introduction: Anthropological Ideas of Pollution Revisited: Categories, Values and the Legacy of Mary DouglasRebecca Lynch and Roland LittlewoodPart I: Bodies, Dirt and PlaceChapter 1. Three Achievements of Dirt: Disgust, Humour, EmphasisSjaak van der GeestAppendix: Akan (Twi) Proverbs about ‘Shit’ and Related TermsChapter 2. Leaky Bodies and The Dynamic Relationality of Matter and PlaceRebecca Lynch Chapter 3. ‘Yesterday’s Coffee Is Tomorrow’s Coffee’: The Body, Human Waste and Off-World LivingAaron Parkhurst and David JeevendrampillaiPart II: Notions of Purity and Moral InversionChapter 4. Filth As Faith: Stories Of Antinomian PollutionRoland LittlewoodChapter 5. Orgasmic Excess and Orgasmic Alienation: Capitalism as PollutionEllie ReynoldsChapter 6. Psychopharmacological Purity Doctrines and The Inertia of Cruelty: Using Mary Douglas and René Girard to Understand the War on DrugsJoseph CalabresePart III: DisgustChapter 7. The Abominations of Leviticus Reconsidered: Anthropology and Psychology of PollutionSimon DeinChapter 8. The Power of Taboo: Anthropological and Neurocognitive PerspectivesQuinton DeeleyAfterword: Radioactive Pollution in Nevada and Kazakhstan: A Non-Scientific Voice for VictimsAndré SingerIndex