ENGLISH 2RW6 Chapter Notes - Chapter online: Audrey Richards, Mary Douglas, Rite Of Passage
8 Dec 2016
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Katie wilson: they were inspired by fear (1, they were confused about hygiene (1) Mary douglas-> introduction to purity and danger (1-6) Polemical - relating to controversial writing or speech clatter - a continuous rattling sound. Roman shovelhalfpenny - a game in the shuffleboard family, uses coins or disks on a board. Nuer , sudan , azande - belief / religious groups atonement - repairing a wrong or sin. Disparate , anomaly , anomalous - things that are so unalike they cannot be compared. Aberrations - a characteristic or action which deviates from the norm. Cataclysms - a large-scale violent event in the world (social/ political usually) Stickleback - a small fish salt/fresh water fish with sharp spines along its back. Proliferation - rapid increase/ amount in the number of something. Unknown religion or culture is scary to us. We cannot practice or fear dirt because it is inanimate, yet we still are not fond of it.
