Don't do it! : a dictionary of the forbidden
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Don't do it! : a dictionary of the forbidden
Athlone, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-339) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hb ISBN 9780485114782
Description
From Leviticus on what to eat, to the permissible and impermissible in modern life, taboos have set the rules, written and unwritten, throughout the ages, for what we say, what we wear, what we do from day-to-day. This dictionary provides an historical account of how taboos have operated down the ages, in different societies and realms of life: in sex, birth and death; food, drink and excretion; dress, hairstyle and gesture; gender, race and religion; art, literature, theatre and film; language, religion and science.
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: pb ISBN 9780485121162
Description
From Leviticus on what to eat, to the permissible and impermissible in modern life, taboos have set the rules, written and unwritten, throughout the ages, for what we say, what we wear, what we do from day-to-day. This dictionary provides an historical account of how taboos have operated down the ages, in different societies and realms of life: in sex, birth and death; food, drink and excretion; dress, hairstyle and gesture; gender, race and religion; art, literature, theatre and film; language, religion and science.
Table of Contents
- Actions - don't do it
- nourishment - don't eat or drink it
- words and themes - don't say it and don't talk about it
- signs - don't make yourself look like that.
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