RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Taboo – bwt?
A1 Frandsen, Paul John
K1 evolucionismo cultural
AB The term ‘taboo’ is widely used in many European languages, with the meaning of ‘prohibition’ or ‘ban’. This generalized use is accompanied by the tendency to consider the phenomenon it represents as both widespread and universal, with the assumption that a prohibition in one culture is likely to be similarly regarded in another. However, the casual use of the term taboo in modern languages presents an obstacle to understanding cultural phenomena that, when properly contextualized, may be otherwise explained. This observation provided the impetus for an inquiry into the study of taboo in religion and society, with a focus on the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The current paper surveys the views of some of the more influential scholars on the topic.
PB Universidad de La Laguna
SN 10.25145/j.TdE.2017.08.06
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/19122
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/19122
LA en
DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 24-abr-2024