Marvin Harris argues that many of them serve ecological functions, while the second volume of Frazer's Golden Bough addresses them in conjunction with "The Perils of the Soul."
Marvin Harris argues that many of them serve ecological functions, while the second volume of Frazer's Golden Bough addresses them in conjunction with "The Perils of the Soul." Freud suggested that they are the product of social ambivalence towards actions that are unconsciously desired, in a work pairing them with totems. Known as kapus in Hawaii, this term was introduced to English by James Cook, who encountered it in Tonga. For 10 points, incest is a widespread example of what kind of strong prohibition on an act in Polynesian culture?
Marvin Harris argues that many of them serve ecological functions, while the second volume of Frazer's Golden Bough addresses them in conjunction with "The Perils of the Soul."
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