Mary Douglas wrote a book titled for the “Natural” form of these constructs and argued in the chapter “Abominations of Leviticus” that kashrut laws reflect boundaries named for these constructs. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these constructs, a system of which was explained in the essay “Religion as a Cultural System.” Aspects of these constructs and rituals are discussed in Victor Turner’s book on the “Forest” of these things.
ANSWER: symbols
[10e] This symbolic anthropologist wrote that culture denotes a “historically transmitted pattern of meanings in symbols.” This anthropologist wrote “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight.”
ANSWER: Clifford Geertz [or Clifford James Geertz]
[10h] Victor Turner discussed the formation of symbols among Ndembu people who are described by this term in The Forest of Symbols, in which he noted that they shared a sense of equality called “communitas.”
ANSWER: liminality [or liminal state]
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