Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo

Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9780804751414
ISBN-13 : 0804751412
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Book Synopsis Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo by : Arthur P. Wolf

Download or read book Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo written by Arthur P. Wolf and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences? To reexamine these questions, this book brings together contributions from the fields of genetics, behavioral biology, primatology, biological and social anthropology, philosophy, and psychiatry.


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