Throughout human history, societies have created countless rules and restrictions that governed daily life. Many of these cultural prohibitions, known as taboos, seem utterly bewildering when viewed ...

Alex Calder, an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts, has been awarded a $494,000 Marsden grant for his exploration of the literary and cultural history of taboo. Ideas about taboo are important ...

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“A taboo is an implicit prohibition on something (usually against an utterance or behavior) based on a cultural sense that it is excessively repulsive or, perhaps, too sacred for ordinary people.” So ...