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Infancy related food taboos among the Shipibo
Working papers on South American Indians • (3) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 173-176
By: Abelove, Joan, Campos, Roberta.
Abstract
This study examines the topic of food taboos in its social context and the social process in which the taboos are embedded. These taboos occur during illness when native curers often prescribe that specific foods be avoided, and in infancy '…when parents and full siblings of the newborn are restricted from eating specific foods, lest it cause the infant harm, or even death ' (p. 174).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field Date
- 1972-1974
- Coverage Date
- 1972-1974
- Coverage Place
- Ucayali River area, Peru
- Notes
- Joan Abelove and Roberta Campos
- LCCN
- 85647082
- LCSH
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians