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Lifting the Taboo

Author : Sally Cline
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814714064
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Lifting the Taboo written by Sally Cline and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: lluminated by a profound yet humorous vision, Lifting the Taboo explores the specific relationship women of many colors, cultures, ages, and sexual orientations have to their own deaths, their attitudes towards loss, and their disposition to their role as primary care-givers to the dying.Specifically, the book weighs the implications of breast cancer and examines in detail Alzheimer's Disease which, contrary to popular myth, can in several significant ways be perceived as a women's disease. Investigating mothers' responses to children's deaths, Sally Cline establishes that women's relationships to death are intricately connected to the experience of giving birth. They are, she argues, therefore psychologically and emotionally different from those of men. Cline goes on to examine women's roles and responses to AIDS and suicide, women's sexual relationships while dying, how society views widows as leftover lives, and women's radical work in hospices and death therapy, as well as their roles as female funeral directors.

Evolution of a Taboo

Author : Max D. Price
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0197543278
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of a Taboo written by Max D. Price and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From their domestication to their taboo, the role of pigs in the ancient Near East is one of the most complicated topics in archaeology. Rejecting monocausal explanations, this book adopts an evolutionary approach and uses zooarchaeology and texts to unravel the cultural significance of swine from the Paleolithic to today. Five major themes emerge: The domestication of the pig from wild boar in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, the unique roles that pigs developed in agricultural economies before and after the development of complex societies, the raising of swine in cities, the shifting ritual roles of pigs, and the formation and development of the pork taboo in Judaism and, later, Islam. The development of this taboo has inspired much academic debate. I argue that the well-known taboo described in Leviticus reflects the intention of the Biblical writers to develop an image of a glorious pastoral ancestry for a heroic Israelite past, something they achieved by tying together existing food traditions. These included a taboo on pigs, which was developed early in the Iron Age during conflicts between Israelites and Philistines and was revitalized by the Biblical writers. The taboo persisted and mutated, gaining strength over the next two and a half millennia. In particular, the pig taboo became a point of contention in the ethno-political struggles between Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures in the Levant. Ultimately, it was this continued evolution within the context of ethnic and religious politics that gave the pig taboo the strength it has today"--

American Taboo

Author : Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313399344
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book American Taboo written by Lauren Rosewarne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's often-unspoken morality codes make many topics taboo in "the land of the free." This book analyzes hundreds of popular culture examples to expose how the media both avoids and alludes to how we derive pleasure from our bodies. Flatulence ... male nudity ... abortion ... masturbation: these are just a few of the taboo topics in the United States. What do culturally enforced silences about certain subjects say about our society—and our latent fears? This work provides a broad yet detailed overview of popular culture's most avoided topics to explain why they remain off-limits and examines how they are presented in contemporary media—or, in many cases, delicately explored using euphemism and innuendo. The author offers fascinating, in-depth analysis of the meaning behind these portrayals of a variety of both mundane and provocative taboos, and identifies how new television programs, films, and advertising campaigns intentionally violate longstanding cultural taboos to gain an edge in the marketplace.

The American Economic Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The American Economic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes papers and proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. Covers all areas of economic research.

Soft Values of Seaports

Author : E. van Hooydonk
Publisher : Garant
ISBN 13 : 9789044121483
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Soft Values of Seaports written by E. van Hooydonk and published by Garant. This book was released on 2007 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In present-day society, seaports have a very negative image, which is mainly due to the environmental pressures and pollution risks they cause, the monomaniac capitalist mentality of their operators, the dubious reputation of the shipping industry, the uninspired, strictly utilitarian design of port facilities and the dehu-manisation of port areas. Currently, the erosion of public support for seaports is a major issue in port management and policy.

The Heiltsuks

Author : Michael Eugene Harkin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803223790
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book The Heiltsuks written by Michael Eugene Harkin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an incisive and wide-ranging critique of ethno-history and historical anthropology, Michael E. Harkin develops an innovative approach to understanding the profound cultural changes experienced during the past century by the Heiltsuks (Bella Bella), a Northwest Coast Indian group. Between 1880 and 1920, the Heiltsuks changed from one of the most traditional and aggressive groups on the Northwest Coast to paragons of Victorian virtues. Why and how did this dramatic transformation occur? These questions, Harkin contends, can best be answered by tracing the changing views the Heiltsuks had of themselves and of their past as they encountered colonial powers. Rejecting many of the common methods and assumptions of ethnohistorians as unwittingly Eurocentric or simplistic, Harkin argues that the multiple perspectives, motives, and events constituting the Heiltsuks' world and history can be productively conceived of as dialogues, ongoing series of culturally embedded communicative acts that presuppose previous acts and constrain future ones. Historical transformations in three of these dialogues, centering on the body, material goods, and concepts of the soul, are examined in detail.

The Fame of Gawa

Author : Nancy D. Munn
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fame of Gawa written by Nancy D. Munn and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1986-12-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the Cambridge U. Press edition of 1986. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Independent

Author : Leonard Bacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Independent written by Leonard Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Independent

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1586 pages
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Download or read book The Independent written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ballou's Monthly Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Ballou's Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building a Civilization of Love

Author : Harold Burke-Sivers
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1642291978
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Building a Civilization of Love written by Harold Burke-Sivers and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A worldly, political response to racism is not enough. This book is a Catholic Christian response to the epidemic of racism, firmly rooted in the Scriptures, the natural law, the Church’s Tradition, and our identity as children of God. But what is racism? Is it just "prejudice"? Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers carefully distinguishes the sin of racism from the kind of instinctive bias that marks all fallen mankind, in order to help us find a path to deeper unity. Building a Civilization of Love takes an honest look at Critical Race Theory, Liberation Theology, and the Black Lives Matter Movement, weighing their merits. Burke-Sivers asks in each case whether there might be anything contained in them that Catholics can use to facilitate the healing and reconciliation of racial division. A truly Catholic response to racism must begin locally, in our own parishes, towns, and homes, in the here and now. Ameliorating racism will require hard work, humility, vulnerability, sacrifice, and love. But by admitting our own weaknesses and opening ourselves to God's mercy, we can bring Christ's healing grace to our world.

From Empire to Republic

Author : Taner Akçam
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848136773
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book From Empire to Republic written by Taner Akçam and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taner Akçam is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and discuss openly the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman-Turkish government in 1915. This book discusses western political policies towards the region generally, and represents the first serious scholarly attempt to understand the Genocide from a perpetrator rather than victim perspective, and to contextualize those events within Turkey's political history. By refusing to acknowledge the fact of genocide, successive Turkish governments not only perpetuate massive historical injustice, but also pose a fundamental obstacle to Turkey's democratization today.

Egypt, Trunk of the Tree, Vol. I

Author : Simson R. Najovits
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875862349
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Egypt, Trunk of the Tree, Vol. I written by Simson R. Najovits and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning writer and international journalist leads the general reader through ancient Egypt, exploring the maze of facts and fantasies, and examines Egypt's place in the history of religion and monotheism in particular. Volume 1 examines the conte.

Black Politics in New Deal Atlanta

Author : Karen Ferguson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 080786014X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Black Politics in New Deal Atlanta written by Karen Ferguson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2003-04-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932, Atlanta had the South's largest population of college-educated African Americans. The dictates of Jim Crow meant that these men and women were almost entirely excluded from public life, but as Karen Ferguson demonstrates, Roosevelt's New Deal opened unprecedented opportunities for black Atlantans struggling to achieve full citizenship. Black reformers, often working within federal agencies as social workers and administrators, saw the inclusion of African Americans in New Deal social welfare programs as a chance to prepare black Atlantans to take their rightful place in the political and social mainstream. They also worked to build a constituency they could mobilize for civil rights, in the process facilitating a shift from elite reform to the mass mobilization that marked the postwar black freedom struggle. Although these reformers' efforts were an essential prelude to civil rights activism, Ferguson argues that they also had lasting negative repercussions, embedded as they were in the politics of respectability. By attempting to impose bourgeois behavioral standards on the black community, elite reformers stratified it into those they determined deserving to participate in federal social welfare programs and those they consigned to remain at the margins of civic life.

Taboo Topics

Author : Norman L. Farberow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351487183
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Taboo Topics written by Norman L. Farberow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is it so hard to investigate taboo topics? A myriad of forces shape and fashion human action, reaction, thought, and feeling, and these are not always well understood. Norman L. Farberow argues that culture itself provides structure for its members, developing in a well-defined way the rules to which they will conform. Such rules find expression not only in written laws and regulations but include, and most often stem from, unwritten folkways, customs, and especially taboos, the subject of this book.The researchers reporting in this volume take no position on the nature of a taboo itself, but concentrate on the difficulty in investigating taboos. As members of society and human beings, they do make judgments and personal investments. Thus, when taboos continue or develop without useful society-enriching functions or facilitate self-destructive activities, they raise questions about why they persist.Such topics include many areas‘some social, such as sex, death, and peace; others more academic, such as parapsychology, graphology, religion, and hypnosis. Peace and the public are included in the discussion because they are emotion-laden areas and powerful and important factors in a shrinking world and expanding universe. Peace, especially, has begun to be looked upon with suspicion perhaps a real commentary on our times. This probing collection will be sure to interest sociologists, anthropologists, and all other social scientists.

Adventures in the Stone Age

Author : Leopold Jaroslav Pospíšil
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN 13 : 8024647516
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Adventures in the Stone Age written by Leopold Jaroslav Pospíšil and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Leopold Pospíšil first arrived in New Guinea in 1954 to investigate the legal systems of the local tribes, he was warned about the Kapauku who reputedly had no laws. Dubious that any society could exist without laws, Pospíšil immediately decided to live among and study the Kapauku. Learning the language and living as a participant-observer among the Kapauku, Pospíšil discovers that the supposedly primitive society possesses laws, rules, and social structures that are as sophisticated as they are logical. Having survived the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and fled the Communist regime, Pospíšil has little patience for the notion that so-called advanced civilizations are superior to the ‘stone age’ society in which he now lives. On the basis of his research and experiences among the Kapauku – he would stay with them five times between 1954 and 1979 – Pospíšil pioneered in the field of legal anthropology, holding a professorship at Yale, serving as the anthropology curator of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and publishing three books of scholarship on the Kapauku law. As Jaroslav Jiřík and Martin Soukup write in their afterword, however, “His three previously published works are about the Kapauku; this one is about the anthropologist among the Kapauku.” The memoir is filled with charming anecdotes and thrilling stories of trials, travels, and war – told with humor and humility—and accompanied by a wealth of the author’s personal photos from the time.

Taboo

Author : Jørgen Ruud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Taboo written by Jørgen Ruud and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: