Scholars have been trying to explain taboo customs ever since Captain Cook discovered them in Polynesia over 200 years ago. The subject has been treated at length, but none of the theories has more than a limited validity, so numerous are the taboos recorded and so diverse the societies in which they occur. This book contains chapters on: ??? Taboo as a Victorian invention ??? The complicated taboos in the Pentateuch ??? Taboos in Polynesia Originally published in 1956.
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Scholars have been trying to explain taboo customs ever since Captain Cook discovered them in Polynesia over 200 years ago. The subject has been treated at length, but none of the theories has more than a limited validity, so numerous are the taboos recorded and so diverse the societies in which they occur. This book contains chapters on: ??? Taboo as a Victorian invention ??? The complicated taboos in the Pentateuch ??? Taboos in Polynesia Originally published in 1956.
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Very Good- Size: 9x7x1; Mass market paperback in very good-condition. Pelican Books, 1967. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise text very good. Shelf-and edgewear. NOT ex-library. With a preface by E.E. Evans-Pritchard and and editor's note by Lisa Bohannan. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Good. 1967. paperback. Good copy showing some wear and tear. Some scoring to front cover. Ownership details to title page and exterior of pages. Pages tanned with age. Remains nice reading copy with spine intact.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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