Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

By Margaret A. Douglas. 2002

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Many forms of culture. (2009, background): “Perhaps they have similar views about which foods may or may not be eaten, a culturally significant activity that shapes social relationships and provides clues about the culture’s worldview (Douglas, 2002; Meigs, 1991; Rozin, 1990).”
Obfuscatory Relational Work and Disreputable Exchange (2014, background): “1 In this technical usage, sacred need not carry connotations of divinity or holiness, but only the etymologi-cally core meaning of something “set apart,” regardless of whether it is distinct because it is exalted or because it is fouled (Douglas 1966).”
Disgust: evolved function and structure. (2013, background): “Examples include taboos about food (especially meat; Fessler & Navarrete, 2003b); sexual acts such as incest, masturbation, bestiality, pedophilia, prostitution, and homosexuality; and behaviors having to do with liquid and solid bodily wastes (Douglas, 1966; Miller, 1997).”
Does Japan really have robot mania? Comparing attitudes by implicit and explicit measures (2008, background): “Douglas (1966) had discussed this in relation to the dietary laws of Leviticus.”