Taboos Across Culture

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Taboos Across Culture

• By Matthew Lubaszka

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Norms

• Folkways- socially acceptable customs
• Mores- norms associated with morality
• Laws- formal rules

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Definition

• The dictionary defines a taboo as something that
  is forbidden by culture or tradition
• Sociological definition is something that is
  absolutely forbidden

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Taboos in America

• Asking someone how much they earn
• Not tipping at a restaurant
• Child abuse
• Murder
• Cannibalism
• Incest

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Taboos in America

• Asking someone how much they earn
• Not tipping at a restaurant
• Child abuse
• Murder
• Cannibalism
• Incest

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Incest Taboo

• Reason of its existence
• Shrinking in the United States
• Chinas loophole

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Universal Gestures

• No Such Thing

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Globalization

• Dangers of misinterpretation
• Mixture of cultures

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Pictures (in order from left to right)

• The Sign is in the Air, and The Air is Everywhere
  by DiaTM
• Thumbs Up!!! By pie4dan
• Taboo by Mercuriain
• Chinese flag by Rose Davies
• Cake by saucy_pan
• Under The Eiffel Unspoken (Part 2) By jay-chill
• Breaking the law, Breaking the law by bitzclet

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Works Cited

• Cohen, Yehudi. The Disappearance of the
  IncestTaboo 27 September 2009 lthttp//www.ndnu.ed
  u/aboutus/mission_diversity/documents/Cohen-Disapp
  earanceoftheIncestTaboogt
• CliffsNotes.com. Cultural Norms. 27 September
  2009 lthttp//www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsRe
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  gt
• Brooks, Amir A Clear Guide to Islam 26
  September 2009 lthttp//www.bahagia.btinternet.co.u
  k/customs.htmhandgt
• Wolf, Arthur P. Adopt a daughter-in-law, Marry a
  Sister, A Chinese Solution to the Problem of the
  Incest Taboo American Anthropologist, New
  Series, Vol. 70, No. 5 (Oct., 1968), pp. 864-874.
  Blackwell Publishing lt http//www.jstor.org/stable
  /669753gt
• Banutu-Gomez, Michael. Africa we owe it to our
  ancestors, our children, and ourselves. Pg 71-72
  Lanham, MD Hamilton Books. 2006