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| |The Many Facets of Taboo |
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| |The World Book Encyclopedia defines Taboo as "an action, object, person, or place forbidden |
| | by law or culture."1 |
| | An encyclopedia of the occult points out that taboo is found among many other cultures |
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| |including the ancient Egyptians, Jews and others.2 |
| | Mary Douglas has analyzed the many facets and interpretations of taboos across |
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| |various cultures. She points out that the word "taboo" originates from the Polynesian |
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| |languages meaning a religious restriction.3 She finds that "taboos flow from social |
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| |boundaries and support the social structure."4 |
| | In reference to Freak Shows at circuses, Rothenberg makes the observation that |
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| |people who possess uncommon features and who willingly go out in public to display |
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| |such oddities to onlookers are acting as "modern-day taboo breakers" by crossing |
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| |the "final boundary between societal acceptance and ostracism."5 |
| | In traditional British East Africa, between the time of puberty and marriage, a young |
| |Akamba girl must maintain an avoidance relationship with her own father.6 |
| | Looking at taboo in a modern society, Marvin Harris gives an interesting example of the |
| |application of cultural materialism to the Hindu taboo against eating beef.7 |
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| |Endnotes |
| |1Alan Dundes, "Taboo," World Book Encyclopedia. 2000 ed. |
| |2 "Taboo," Occultopedia: Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences and Knowledge, |
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| |Site created and designed by Marcus V. Gay, 18 Jan. 2005 . |
| |3 Mary Douglas, "Taboo," Man, Myth & Magic, ed. Richard Cavendish, |
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| |new ed., 21 vols. (New York: Cavendish, 1994) 2546. |
| |4 Douglas 2549. |
| |5 Kelly Rothenberg, "Tattooed People as Taboo Figures in Modern Society," |
| |1996, BME / Psyber City, 18 Jan. 2005 . |
| |6 Sigmund Freud, Totem and Taboo (New York: Random, 1918) 17. |
| |7 Marvin Harris, "The Cultural Ecology of India’s Sacred Cattle," Current |
| |Anthropology 1992, 7:51-66, qtd. in McGrath, "Ecological Anthropology," Anthropological |
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| |Theories: A Guide Prepared by Students for Students 19 Oct. 2001, U. of Alabama, |
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| |Works Cited |
| |Douglas, Mary. "Taboo." Man, Myth & Magic. Ed. Richard Cavendish. New ed. |
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| | 21 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994. 2546-2549. |
| |Dundes, Alan. "Taboo." World Book Encyclopedia. 2000 ed. |
| |Freud, Sigmund. Totem and Taboo. New York: Random, 1918. |
| |McGrath, Stacy. "Ecological Anthropology." Anthropological Theories: A Guide |
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| |Prepared by Students for Students. 19 Oct. 2001. U. of Alabama. 18 Jan. 2005 |
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| |Rothenberg, Kelly. "Tattooed People as Taboo Figures in Modern Society." |
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| |1996. BME/Psyber City. 18 Jan. 2005 . |
| |"Taboo." Occultopedia: Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences and Knowledge. Site created |
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| |and designed by Marcus V. Gay. 18 Jan. 2005 . |
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