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Animal Taboos

Animal Taboos is a cultural construct that designates specific animal species as prohibited for consumption or use based on religious, symbolic, or social beliefs, distinguishing it from other food taboos by its exclusive focus on animal-based dietary restrictions.

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4.1K

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128

Authors

55

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2017–2026

7

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Publications

62

Meat: A Natural Symbol.

Anne Murcott, Nick Fiddes · Man · 1992 · 397 citations

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Consuming passions and patterns of consumption

Preston Miracle, Nicky Milner · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2002 · 265 citations

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Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances from Prehistory to the Present

Daniel W. Gade, Frederick J. Simoons · Geographical Review · 1995 · 236 citations

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Food Taboos, Diet, and Hunting Strategy: The Adaptation to Animals in Amazon Cultural Ecology [and Comments and Reply]

Eric Β. Ross, Margaret L. Arnott, Ellen B. Basso et al. · Current Anthropology · 1978 · 174 citations

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The forest of taboos: morality, hunting, and identity among the Huaulu of the Moluccas

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 167 citations

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Authors

128

  1. AB
    Alpina Begossi

    Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

    4 publications · 203 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. JC
    Jean Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 112 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. EΒ
    Eric Β. Ross

    Netherlands Institute for Social Research, Netherlands

    2 publications · 185 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. CD
    Christopher D. Golden

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 112 citations

    2

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  5. MD
    Mary Douglas

    University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 73 citations

    2

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Institutions

55

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    254 citations

  2. University of Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    282 citations

  3. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Campinas, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    89 citations

  4. Public Health Department

    Chennai, India

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    112 citations

  5. École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique

    Rennes, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  6. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    Hsinchu, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

  8. Memorial University of Newfoundland

    St. John's, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    86 citations

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Venues

  1. Man

    4 publications · 549 citations

    4

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 278 citations

    3

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  3. Current Anthropology

    CA · 3 publications · 199 citations

    3

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  4. Language

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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  5. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

    AJCN · 2 publications · 128 citations

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