Forest of Taboos: Morality, Hunting, and Identity

Author/Contributor(s):	Valeri, Valerio
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Date:	03/29/2000
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.