Question

This anthropologist documented a Pangolin cult (15[1])into which only men who fathered both a male (15[1])and a female child with the same wife are initiated as part of early fieldwork on the Lele people. Later in their career, this thinker critiqued Rational Choice Theory using examples like self-sacrifice to argue that group behaviors are not all emergent from self-interest, referencing their earlier Cultural Theory of Risk, in the book (15[1])How (15[1])Institutions Think. (15[1])This thinker’s best-known work borrows William James’s definition of (*) “matter out of place” for dirt. This thinker famously argued that food taboos like Kosher laws really reflected symbolic boundaries rather than health concerns, prohibiting things that are hard to classify, in a chapter titled for the “Abominations of Leviticus.” For 10 points, name this British anthropologist who wrote Natural Symbols (10[1])and Purity and Danger. ■END■ (10[1]0[4])

ANSWER: Mary Douglas [or Dame Mary Douglas or Margaret Mary Tew]
<John Marvin, Social Science>
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y978%56%0%70.57

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailI would prefer not to515
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill1415
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!6815
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Evans Hall destruction awaiters6915
Aseem KeyalThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubQuasicrystal Silence7115
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladnesswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp13110
Ethan Ashbrook[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?BHSU13610
Robert CondronIn Search of Things PastHang et al., Robert Browning1360
ar RamjiHang et al., Robert BrowningIn Search of Things Past1360
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too1360
Mitch McCullarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble1360