Encyclopedia of Taboos
The Encyclopedia of Taboos is a mine of unusual information from around the world, including a comprehensive analysis of individual taboos from the ancient world to the present day, covering both well- and lesser-known examples.
Taboo Topics
... taboo is commonly imposed by chiefs or priests . The use of taboos is found among most races of primitive culture . " Taboos are , however , not the exclusive property of primitive cultures . They exist and exert powerful influences in ...
Navajo Taboos
The book is a respectful compilation of Navajo beliefs that set them apart from all other groups while at the same time illustrating the universal fears and concerns found in all cultures.
Taboo and Transgression in British Literature from the Renaissance to the Present
... taboos there continue to operate coercive mechanisms that have yet to be revealed . In any event , the exploration of the para- doxical and polysemic potential of taboos does give rise to the fol- lowing issues : whether taboos will ...
Taboo
... taboos , ( d ) taboos resulting from the sanctity of chiefs , ( e ) taboos connected with priesthood , and ( d ) taboos of rank and status ; ( 2 ) taboos for women ( bere Lehmann describes the segregation of the sexes ) ; ( 3 ) ...
Taboo in the Hebrew Scriptures
... taboos are fur- ther designed to protect human beings from the wrath or power of the gods or spirits . The notion of wrath or other emotional state of the ... taboos rest in the conception of magic xiv TABOO IN THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES.
Taboo, Personal and Collective Representations
... taboos; ii) taboos of individual parts of the body and special bodily functions; iii) religious taboos. Under the first category, Lehmann lists taboos connected to persons holding high office, separated into the power of high ...
The Function of Social Taboo in Education ...
... taboos as we have . We do not realize how many we have , because we have been brought up with the idea that there are some things we must never do . These are really taboos , but we do not know it . If we didn't have them , we could act ...
The Institutionalized Sex Taboo
... taboos , the food taboos of Prof. Tylor to which we have previ- ously alluded in this study , as a consequence of which " the flesh of timid animals is avoided by warriors , but they love the meat of tigers , boars , and stags , for ...
The Golden Bough: pt. II. Taboo and the perils of the soul. 1911
... Taboos observed by sacred persons re- semble those observed by unclean persons , such as manslayers and menstruous women , 138 ; taboos laid on persons who have handled the dead in New Zealand , 138 sq .; persons who have been in ...
The Golden Bough: Taboo and the perils of the soul
... Taboos observed by sacred persons re- semble those observed by unclean persons , such as manslayers and menstruous women , 138 ; taboos laid on persons who have handled the dead in New Zealand , 138 sq .; persons who have been in ...
Sex in Civilization
... taboos . And in the main the continued success and prosperity of each society depends upon the sort of taboos it maintains . If a community has a system of taboos well suited to the nature of the people and their circumstances , it is ...
Taboo in Advertising
... taboo effect in ads that use taboo as a strategy . In ads that wish to hide taboo , it is up to either the text or the visuals to downplay the taboo one of them puts in evidence . Taboos in magazine ads and strategies used The ads to be ...
Africa Bible Commentary, Second Edition
... Taboos control the way people interact with the world around them and are grounded in morality, religion and culture. Most taboos around the world are either reli- gious or cultural. Cultural taboos prohibit certain actions by ...
The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia
... taboo of his victim . A few other instances of taboos may be briefly referred to under the heads suggested by Mr. Andrew Lang in his article upon taboo ( 11th ed . Ency . Brit . ) , as they are dealt with in subsequent chapters . Taboos ...
Proceedings
... taboos placed on pregnant and lactating women . But here let us note a contrast between the familiar pagan sex taboos and the far more repressive though equally superstitious sex - phobic ordinances of the Christian ethic . The pagan sex ...
World League for Sexual Reform, Proceedings of the Third Congress
... Taboos and Christian Sex Repression . In primitive paganism the fear is there : we find it in Africa , in America ... taboos placed on pregnant and lactating women . But here let us note a contrast between the familiar pagan sex ...
Social Psychology
... taboos in every society . Some taboos assume a most universal application and are found in every society , one such being incest . On the other hand , there are taboos that have significance only in a specific social and cultural ...