A Delicate Choreography: Kinship Practices and Incest Discourses in the West Since the Renaissance - Hardcover
by David Sabean
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Walter de GruyterISBN-13:9783111009247ISBN-10:3111009246UPC:9783111009247Book Category:HistorySize:9.70 x 6.90 x 3.10 inchesWeight:6.8057Product ID:SCX78ZQH3K
A Delicate Choreography: Kinship Practices and Incest Discourses in the West Since the Renaissance
The origins of the incest taboo have puzzled many of the most influential minds of the West, from Plutarch to St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, David Hume, Lewis Henry Morgan, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Edward Westermarck, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. This book puts the discussion of incest on a new foundation. It is the first attempt to thoroughly examine the rich literature,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Walter de GruyterISBN-13:9783111009247ISBN-10:3111009246UPC:9783111009247Book Category:HistorySize:9.70 x 6.90 x 3.10 inchesWeight:6.8057Product ID:SCX78ZQH3K
David Warren Sabean, Henry J. Bruman Endowed Professor Emeritus of German History, Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles.
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