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Incest avoidance and the incest taboos two aspects of human nature / Arthur P. Wolf.
| Author/creator | Wolf, Arthur P. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2014] |
| Description | viii, 177 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Two questions -- The Trobriand Islands -- Matters of meaning -- Universality affirmed -- The dangers of inbreeding -- A tempting solution -- Group harmony theory -- Group alliance theory -- The !Kung on cognition -- Incest and intuition -- From nature to culture -- Marx is missing -- The Westermarck hypothesis -- Frazer and Freud -- Three natural experiments -- Darwin's method -- Seven predictions -- The evidence from the Islamic world -- The evidence from Israel -- The evidence from Taiwan -- Six objections -- A seventh objection -- Monkeys and apes -- Sexual indifference -- The second question -- Murdock's other conclusions -- Starting over -- The meaning of "taboo" -- Unnatural acts -- Native testimony -- Incest and witchcraft -- Incest and cannibalism -- Incest pollution -- Automatic retribution -- Supernatural retribution -- Communal retribution -- State retribution -- A collective calamity -- Incest impossible -- The power of awe -- Incestuous origins -- Taboos as consensus -- Taboos as norms -- An emotional animal -- Degrees of incest. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014004351 |
| ISBN | 9780804789677 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |