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Taboo
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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1997
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Taboo or tabu (Polynesian,
tapu, ‘marked off’). A power in relation to particular people, places, or objects which, if it is negative, marks them off as dangerous; it is thus related to
mana (see
MAGIC). More colloquially, the word has come to mean a prohibition against conduct which would invade the marked-off areas and thus disrupt the prevailing and desirable structures of life and society; hence the expression, ‘taboos against …’.
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Taboo Topics: Cultural Restraint on Teaching Social Issues.
Magazine article from: The Clearing House; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...purposes of this study, taboos may be defined as beliefs...discouraged. Thus, taboo topics are those topics...structured and static, taboos were impor tant because...status quo. Breaking a taboo often brought about punishment...Mann 1984, 10). Taboos are the "permitted and...
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 "The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online)")
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Shona Taboos: The Language of Manufacturing Fears for Sustainable Development
Magazine article from: The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online); 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Pfukwa (2001) looks at taboos in their practical usage...looks at the role played by taboos in Zimbabwe's liberation war. He too puts the taboos he discusses into categories...Tatira (2000) shows that each taboo had a 'surface meaning...
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Taboo, emotionally valenced, and emotionally neutral word norms
Magazine article from: Behavior Research Methods; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Although taboo words are used to study emotional memory...normative data are available that compare taboo, emotionally valenced, and emotionally...arousal, and imageability ratings for taboo, emotionally valenced, and emotionally...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Taboo nightclub fined for violent brawl outside club in 2008.(City/Region)(The owner says officials should not have singled out his business)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...Moran The Register-Guard The owners of Taboo, a popular downtown Eugene nightclub...pointed it at several people, including a Taboo bouncer - allegedly erupted after an 18...s dance floor, police reports show. Taboo is open to the 18-and-older set, and...
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The Forest of Taboos: Morality, Hunting and Identity among the Huaulu of the Moluccas. (Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Oceania; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...posed by the subject of taboo. In the process Valeri...stalwarts, including the taboos on incest and cannibalism...three general classes of taboo: taboos of digestion, reproduction...each of these classes of taboo is what is animal in humans...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Win great Taboo goodies.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 6/13/2000; 491 words
; TABOO is an essential mix of exotic fruit juices, white wine and vodka. It is light, refreshing and easy to drink. Celebrate that Taboo moment by wining some superb Taboo goodies. One winner will receive pounds 500 worth of clothing...
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The cognitive rationality of taboos on production and reproduction in sub-Saharan Africa.
Magazine article from: Africa; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Finally, although taboos are linked with 'boundary...People who break a taboo, and the people or activity...To say that the same taboos are found everywhere...forbidden than others. Some taboos involve only menstruating...some activities are more taboo than others, and this...
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Can animals break taboos?: Applications of 'taboo' among the Nage of Eastern Indonesia.
Magazine article from: Oceania; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...dangerous' rather than 'taboo'--essentially the...conceived as subject to taboos, and hence might breach...case of such 'animal taboos' (as I hereafter call...demonstrate how animal taboos are ultimately metaphors...not in the sense that 'taboo' in this case does not...
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Win great Taboo goodies
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 6/13/2000; 478 words
; TABOO is an essential mix of exotic fruit juices, white wine and vodka. It is light, refreshing and easy to drink. Celebrate that Taboo moment by wining some superb Taboo goodies. One winner will receive pounds 500 worth of clothing...
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Nuclear First Strike: Consequences of a Broken Taboo.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...First Strike: Consequences of a Broken Taboo. By George H. Quester. Baltimore, Md...forcefully argues that it is the effect of "taboo"--a sacred (or at least sacrosanct...that makes an act utterly unthinkable. A taboo, Quester notes, "is more than simply...
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Taboo
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...preface to Totem and Taboo , he writes that "the analysis of taboos is put forward as...differences with taboo he goes on to point...to the fact that taboos still exist among...the existence of taboos: "I will now sum...on the nature of taboo by comparing it with...
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Untouchability: Taboos
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Untouchability: Taboos The notion of taboo has a peculiar history: it...an intense desire. All other taboos, such as food taboos, are only extensions of the fundamental incest taboo. Like his contemporaries...
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Taboo (or Tabu or Tapu)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...instinct. The violation of a taboo made the offender taboo; taboos, like various kinds of social...x2014; that is, many intricate taboos arose from the totemic system. There was also the taboo of the sorcerer; it in effect...
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Taboos
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Taboos The term taboo is derived from a...also adapted taboo to refer to a form...and best-studied taboos deal with sexual...Violating such a taboo may lead to a spontaneous...A number of these taboos reflect vernacular...
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TABOO
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
TABOO. In language terms, something taboo is not to be mentioned, because it is ineffably holy or unspeakably...also often been reproved. Sex and excrement are, or have been, taboo topics in English and other languages, and many of the words...
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