Forest of Taboos: Morality, Hunting, and Identity

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.

Author: Valerio Valeri
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 03/29/2000
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780299162146

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2000 pg. 574

About the Author

Valerio Valeri (1944-1998) was professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago and the author of Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii.