The Forest of Taboos
Author | : Valerio Valeri |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780299162146 |
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Contends that the ambivalence felt by all humans about sex, death and eating other animals can be explained by a set of coordinated principles that are expressed in taboos. Valeri evokes the world of the Huaulu, to show the attractions of the animal world which invades the human world in many ways.