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1
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Where taboo comes from?

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Polynesian, Greek, Roman, Hebrew

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2 meanings of taboo

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  1. sacredness
  2. danger
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definiton: taboo

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restrictions that lack moral justification, imposed without explanation, related to ideas of mana or spiritual power
relation to superstition, religion, soul belief

ancient prohibitions imposed through tradition or inheritance

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4
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Wundt’s taboo
Critique

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rooted in the fear of the demonic power
- demons are man-created

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mana

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individuals or conditions become taboo due to their ability to awaken forbidden desires in others –> power of taboo = incite violation of its prohibitions

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3 classifications of taboo

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  1. natural
  2. communicated
  3. intermediate
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3 purposes of taboo

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  1. protection
  2. safeguarding
  3. security against harm
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2 types of taboos

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  1. permanent (priests, chiefs, dead and their belongings)
  2. temporary - attached to conditions (menstruation, childbed, status of a warrior before and after expedition, activities of fishing or chase
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3 classes of taboo

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1st class - animals - eating and killing them = totemism (people have mystical relationship with animals or plants)
2nd class - persons - the name given at the manhood initiation, menstruation period
3rd class - objects - trees, plans = arose mystery or dread

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10
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taboo is a link between 2 things

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  1. primitive beliefs
  2. contemporary moral norms
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taboo customs and compulsive prohibitions appear as 2 things

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  1. unmotivated
  2. enigmatic (difficult to understand, interpret)
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taboo prohibitions

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internal certainty that violation will lead to disaster, and this inner compulsion to obey is stronger than any external reinforcement

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displacement

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prohibitions extend from one object or action to another

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4 aspects of taboo and compulsive prohibition

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  1. lack of motivation
  2. inner enforcement
  3. displacement
  4. cause of ceremonial actions
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15
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2 methods of comparing taboo with compulsive neurosis

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  1. confirming assumptions from neurosis to taboo
  2. focusing on demonstrating psychological conditions for taboo - investigating taboo rules related to the 3 types of taboos
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3 types of taboos

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  1. enemies - acts of expiation, restrictions, reconciliation customs
  2. chiefs - protecting individuals and protecting individuals from rulers
    ceremonial rites to ward off harm
    god-like but kept close watch on
  3. the dead - mentioning their name,
    mourners have restrictions and rules
    the complex interplay of emotions - love and hostility
    customs and rituals as protection from the perceived threat from the dead
17
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hostility towards deceased

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projection of hostility onto the deceased turning them into sacred spirits or demons

18
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Taboo 2 meanings

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  1. sacred
  2. dangerous, forbidden
19
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Hays code (Motion Picture Production Code) 1927

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regulations
published in 1930

20
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obscenity

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Very offensive or sexually shocking

21
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threesome in films

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Jules et Jim, Francois Truffaut, FR, 1962
Y Tu Mama Tambien, Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico, 2001

22
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male gaze

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depicitng women in the visual arts and literature from a masculine, heterosexual perspective that presents women as sexual objects for the pleasure of the male viewer

23
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separating movie from its background

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Last Tango in Paris, Bernardo Bertolucci, FR/IT, 1972

24
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taboo: pedophilia

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Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby, US, 1971
Kung-Fu master, Agnes Varda, FR, 1988
The Graduate, Mike Nichols, US, 1967 - Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me?
Lolita, Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA, 1962 & Lolita, Adrian Lyne, US/FR, 1997

25
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taboo: incest

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Festen, Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 1998

26
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Dogma 95

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filmmaking movement started in 1995 by Danish directors
1. filming on location
2. sound never produced apart from the image

27
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Banality of evil

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a lack of common measure between the gigantic scale on which the crimes were committed and the insignificance of the person responsible

The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer, US/UK/Poland, 2023

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