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Scapegoats: the killing of kings and ordinary people
Author(s) -
Quigley Declan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the royal anthropological institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1467-9655
pISSN - 1359-0987
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9655.00014
Subject(s) - caste , monarchy , history , genealogy , ethnology , sociology , gender studies , anthropology , political science , law , politics
This article uses the example of royal ritual to examine the idea that underlying structures can be abstracted from particular cultural settings. It is argued that African material on kingship and scapegoats can be used to elucidate South Asian material on pollution beliefs and caste.