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Scapegoats: the killing of kings and ordinary people
Article first published online: 31 MAR 2003
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.00014
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Quigley, D. (2000), Scapegoats: the killing of kings and ordinary people. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 6: 237–254. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.00014
Publication History
- Issue published online: 31 MAR 2003
- Article first published online: 31 MAR 2003
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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.