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A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies.
Taboo is a BBC television drama series produced by Scott Free London and Hardy Son & Baker. It premiered on BBC One in the United Kingdom, on 7 January 2017 and on FX in the United States, on 10 January 2017.
In a group or society, a taboo is something that is not acceptable to talk about or do. An activity or behavior can be taboo in one culture, but not in another. Some things like cannibalism and sexual relationships between siblings are taboo in almost all societies. Sometimes even talking about taboos is taboo.
Some people do not eat various specific foods and beverages in conformity with various religious, cultural, legal or other societal prohibitions. Many of these prohibitions constitute taboos. Many food taboos and other prohibitions forbid the meat of a particular animal, including mammals, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fish, molluscs ...
To this day, Margaret Gruen, a veterinarian and animal behaviorist at North Carolina State University, encounters colleagues who refuse to use the term suffering for other species. But even with ...
Dark and gritty BBC period drama, Taboo, is making its way back to our screens after years of speculation. Here’s everything we know about the new series so far.
Played by Tom Hardy. Adventurer, sailor and enigma. James Kezia Delaney returned unexpectedly from Africa after 10 years presumed dead. Shrouded in mystery and preceded by wild...
Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, or Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics (German: Totem und Tabu: Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker), is a 1913 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which ...
Swear words typically originate from areas of life considered sacred or taboo, such as religion, sex, and bodily functions. The power of these words lies in their ability to transgress societal...
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