...Going beyond “the food taboos around the world” Godwin Castillo June 21, 2015 Going beyond “the Food taboos around the world” Imagine a plate of delicious rotten shark meat served in Iceland or a succulent dish of fresh dog meat served at South Korea. Or even better a serving of delicious egg with a veiny, amniotic fluid inside the fetus served over in the Philippines. The worlds are competing in this busy life in order to have a distinct plate of food in order to create demand in order to have a business. Taboo is anything that is seen as unnatural and is not a custom by that society or group. What may seem taboo for one group may not be for another. Food taboos are present in almost every human society, religious or non-religious. A taboo is defined as a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, 2009). Many ask the questions, why these cultures consume such weird stuff? But the reality is that there are many reasons each culture consume what is considered taboo for another group. One of this may be that the culture believes that a specific food may be the answer to health, power or even godly attributes. Methodology This research...
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...The Dietary Taboos in Judaism Course: Philosphy of Religion The concept of taboos exists in several religions; its presence has been there for many years. The significance of taboos may be because of health concerns in the sense that certain taboos may reduce, and suppress people to eat a certain food item or act upon something which may have a negative impact on our health both mentally, and physically. Another reason may be to prevent people from upsetting the gods or goddesses. The third reason is for the community to have an order in their government as well as the proper regulations in the economy. One of many taboos that are present in the modern day is the dietary restrictions in the Judaism religion. This specific taboo is known as Kosher or Kashrut, among Jewish people (Rich, 2011). It originates from Torah, a holy scripture which dates back several years ago (Religious Laws: Taboo Foods in Judaism). Some of the restrictions the taboo states are that people should not eat pork; meat and dairy products that come in contact, and shellfish. The concept of this taboo is similar to other religions such as the Hindu and Islamic religions. To begin with, the reason behind not consuming pork is that pigs or meat from this species are considered unclean therefore restricted because of hygiene issues (Religious Laws: Taboo Foods in Judaism). The taboo also restrains people from eating meat that come from animals that do not have cloven hooves or chew their own cud, for...
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...Jane Ha Dr. Wagner Sociology of Deviance April 11, 2013 A Visit to the Detention Center My visit to the Clark County Juvenile Center provided many helpful and interesting insights on my own study of deviance, specifically on how social power and social context play a significant role on the definition, legalization, and construct of deviance and the deviant being. Based on the information from the two informants I interviewed about their life and the events that led them to the juvenile center, I noticed several patterns and similarities in the family structure and the reference group, whom they interacted with every day. The first similarity was the absence of the father figure; both informants’ parents were divorced and they reported having more communication with their mothers than their dad. My first informant, who was Eddie, 15 years old, simply stated their parents were separated and the informant was living with his mom and sister, with little mentioning of his dad. Similarly, Tyeal, 16 years old, said she rarely saw her dad and even though she added that he tried to be there for her. “…My dad lives in Springfield, he tries to be there for me, but he is an alcoholic and I don’t see him often.” However, the relationships between Eddie and Tyeal’s moms were significantly different. While Eddie seemed to have a good relationship with his mom and his sister; he described his mom as “cool and has a great sense of humor”, the relationship between Tyeal and her...
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...relationship might seem to be a normal man-woman relationship, we see that there is more to this unusual relationship. Throughout the movie Sayles hints at this unusual relationship such as when Pilar says, “I was on the playground with all the other kids, but I thought he was only looking at me.” This shows that she was special, different from the rest of her peers and hints at the ending of the movie. By the end, we see that the two are actually siblings. John Sayles uses their unusual relationship to challenge the way we and society view sexual taboos and makes us question what is a sexual taboo and what makes it so wrong. A sexual taboo is a “code” created by society that should never be broken and in the case of Sam Deeds and Pilar’s, they have broken the sexual taboo of incest. They fell in love as kids and continued to carry that love within them, even after they have been separated for a long period of time. Although they have broken this taboo, the blame cannot be put on them. Near the end of the movie, Sam says, “Yeah, and my mother was a saint. For fifteen years the whole damn town knew he had another woman on the side. Stole ten thousand dollars to set her up in business. But hell, what's that? You got a problem? Buddy'll fix it. Facing some time in jail? Buddy'll knock half of it off--if you do what he says, when he says. You got some business that's not exactly legal? Talk to Buddy--“ Sam’s father, Buddy Deeds has committed many sins and even murdered Charlie Wade but everyone...
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...When Californication came onto the scene in 2007 millions of Americans were drawn back to the series for the sex, nudity, drinking, and partying from self-destructive narcissistic author Hank Moody played by X-Files star David Duchovny whose character was the brainchild of Tom Kapinos the series director and creator. The series was a able to establish a solid storyline in the first two seasons mustering up a few awards nominations from the Golden Globes, and an Emmy. The series first episode opens with a sex scene where Hank is cheating on his long term girlfriend/wife/“baby momma” but uses his wit, and aptitude to escape from the woman's husband, he escapes in his Porsche that has a headlight out but not before downing a flask of whiskey. Californication shows the viewer from the beginning what the comedy series will entail over the next seven seasons. Hank the main character is influenced throughout the series by his previously mentioned girlfriend Karen, she is the father of his child Becca who both play a huge influence throughout the series, which appears to be why Hank hasn't gone off the deep end and moved into a shack in Montana leading a Unabomber style life. Throughout the series Hank leads a life of sex addiction, substance abuse, and general douchebaggery on his way back (repeated attempts) to land in Karens good graces, and settle down with Becca and Karen. However, as the series progresses Hank seemingly digresses from his ultimate goal of having a stable family...
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...States. However there are some places in the world including the US where toasted insects, roasted cat and dogs, and even raw monkey brains are a delicacy. Whether you yourself would eat these types of food or not, we know that humans have been consuming cats dogs and yes even monkeys for decades. But my question is why did they find the need to eat these types of meats? Were beef, chicken, fish and pork not enough? Or maybe we’re the ones who don’t know what delicacy eating really is. Maybe we shouldn’t have such a closed mind to eating cats and dogs. Maybe by the end of this week I will be one that becomes an Entomophily. The Holy Bible goes into great details on what we can and cannot eat. The dietary laws prohibit eating pork, shrimp, and shellfish of any kind, most insects, scavenger birds, and various types of other animals. (Leviticus chapter 11) Although the Bible doesn’t say anything about the domestic animals such as cats and dogs but many religions consider the consumption of these animals to be taboo. In some parts of the word others have resorted to eating felines and k-9’s in desperation during hard times and poverty, and others believe that eating them will bring good luck or good health. Cats and Dogs In North China eating cats is considered to be a taboo, in these parts cats are seen as having a soul so for this reason they don’t consume them here. However in southern China cat flesh is considered to be warming during the winter months. South America...
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...The Dewey Bozella Story It can take some people many years to accomplish a dream; Dewey Bozella was one of those people. Mr. Bozella lived a very hard life, at the age of eight he saw his father beat his pregnant mother to death and at age sixteen his brother was stabbed to death in a fight. He then entered into the foster system and a life of petty crime. This was not a very good start at life in which he had so much going against him. At age seventeen he moved upstate New York to start a life which would involve boxing but instead he began an ordeal that would last twenty-six years. On June 14, 1977 a 92-year old woman was brutally attacked and murdered in her house. There was much pressure on the police and the district attorney to solve this crime. It wasn’t until 1983, a time in which he was turning his life around, that a tip from two of the suspects, who were convicts, would bring Dewey’s name into question. At age eighteen Dewey would be charged with murder. There was no physical evidence and that should have been the end of the case, but he was convicted based on testimony from two convicted felons. It wasn’t until 1990 that he was able to get a retrial due to the fact that his civil rights were violated. But again the jury found him guilty and he would return to prison. In prison he was able to get a bachelor’s degree as well as a master’s degree. He also had the opportunity to take up boxing, something he thought her would never get a chance to do. During...
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...An Exploration of English Euphenism Euphemism 2014/02/13 Wang yusheng Introduction 1.1 The definition of euphemism 1.2 The features of euphemism The relationship among Euphemism, Language and Culture The comparison about English and Chinese Euphemisms Conclusion References Introduction 1.1 The definition of Euphemism Oral communication is one of the important ways to maintain the interpersonal relationship. People usually use some polite words to take the place of the rude ones in order to express idea more easily, make communication go more smoothly and avoid the offensiveness in communication. For this reason, euphemism is created. Euphemism is an ordinary linguistic phenomenon in the culture and plays an vital important role in the oral communication. Euphemism comes from the Greek. “eu” means good, pleasant, and “pheme” means speech. Consequently, euphemism means “to speak with good words or in a pleasant manner” (Neaman and Silver, 1990). 1.2 The features of euphemism 1.2.1 National features There are a lot of different surroundings and social environment in different countries. Whatʼs more different countries have different manners and cultures. Therefore, euphemism in different language has some different features. 1.2.2 Regional features There are different customs in different regions although they speak the same language. For example, in American...
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...Running Head: WARNING: REPEATING TABOO AND NEGATIVE WORDS IN RSVP CAN CAUSE BLINDNESS. Warning: Repeating Taboo and Negative words in RSVP can Cause Blindness. Perception and Cognition Abstract The effect of emotional salience on perceptual processing was explored using the RSVP experiment paradigm at stimulus speeds of 100ms/frame. 24 students completed 80 trials of three word streams, each containing two target words. Target words were identical for the ID condition and different for the control condition. The words were divided into taboo, negative emotion, positive emotion and neutral words. Results showed that all ID categories showed more Repetition Blindness (RB) than the control condition and that taboo and negative emotion words generated more RB than neutral and positive words. Interestingly, neutral words demonstrated a higher RB than positive emotion words, possibly suggesting the salience of negativity over emotion. Method Participants A total of 24 students comprised of 15 females and 9 males, from an undergraduate second year psychology class took part in the experiment. The mean age was 28.8, and the ages ranged from 19-50. All participants first learned to read and write in English, and 21 also spoke English as their first language. Materials Participants used the lab computers to complete the trials. Each trial consisted of three words, which included the target words C1 and C2 and a filler word in between them. The target words were...
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...Shyra Ponder CCJ 1600- Nealy Assignment 1 27 September 2013 Deviant Behavior Deviant behavior is defined as behavior that violates existing and generally accepted and social norms. This type of behavior involves actions which are not in agreeing to social expectations. It can range from anything as simple as someone picking their nose in public, spitting on the floor, or throwing garbage on the streets. It can also involve illegal actions, such as, stealing money from your job, violating a traffic law, or rape, just to name a few. Although, there is a definition for deviant behavior, it can be very conflicting when trying to determine which “acts” are considered either deviant or normal. And the reason why deviant behavior is such a conflicting definition, is because everyone’s perception of what’s “normal” is not the same. To make things a little simpler you can determine whether an act is either positive deviance or negative deviance. Positive deviance is based on perspectives and the way a whole view a behavior; an example would be prophets, ministers, or as simply identifying someone as being smart. Negative deviance is considered to be not the normal for a whole; an example would be mental people, or someone being identified as stupid. Perspectives also play a key role in simplifying deviant behavior. The first one is, Positive perspective, which is considered to be traits in your genes. Positive perspectives consist of three assumptions about what deviance is:...
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...skills to express themselves. Secondly, there is child abuse where a parent might harm their kids mentally or physically. Granted, different cultures of people discipline their offspring in very distinct ways. African Americans are known for the plantation form discipline, while Caucasian individuals choose techniques like time out, and taking away privileges. Secondly, sexual deviance is sexual behavior that diverges from the norms of society. This complicated matter because first we must find out what makes these sexual acts so deviant. Sexual acts that might have been considered deviant years ago might be considered acceptable or normal today. People tend to commit acts that bring them satisfaction and pleasure even if its seen as taboo. As disturbing as it might sound often times this is true. Furthermore, sexual deviance can be influenced by one's environment and morals. For example a big contributor to sexual deviance is pornography and how easy it is today to access this kind of content. A person who has some erotic fantasy will go on these kind of sites and fulfill their their sexual desire. Eventually this can also lead to that person to seek this enjoyment in reality even if it goes against social norms. Secondly, the content shown in these scenes go way beyond social norms showcasing pedophiles in child pornography, incest, rape, prostitution, zoophilia and anything you probably can imagine. These are things that are...
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...my dream lifestyle because I understood and improved my relationship with money. I used the term "money mindfulness," which means being in the moment and fully aware of all the facts — financially and emotionally — to make better financial decisions. I've learned the importance of applying financial knowledge to help live your dream lifestyle. I wanted to share this with the world — or at least, this summer, with the US. My team of four participated in panel discussions; explored large cities and small towns; spoke with people at festivals and local coffee shops; and held events at churches, restaurants, barbecue joints, bars, colleges, and credit-union locations. I had a mission, and that was to motivate and break the social taboo around money. I began that conversation by sharing these 11 money lessons with over 8,000 people. 1. Take advice from people who are living the life you want to live. 2. Have a lifestyle goal, not just a financial goal. 3. Be mindful of the financial conversations you're having and not having. 4. Wealth isn't measured by how much you spend, but by how much you've saved. 5. Beware of lifestyle inflation. 6. Live your dreams, not someone else's. 7. The purchase of goods and experiences are the same. 8. Cutting expenses is more powerful than increasing income. 9. Prioritize debt repayment. 10. Credit isn't the problem. 11. Money does buy...
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...Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Taboo Language Utaboopia is a recently discovered planet with many humans inhabiting the place. Just like any other humans, Utaboopians have their language for communication purposes. It was necessary to learn the Utaboopia language and how to communicate with them. However, the Utaboopians do not have any taboo language in their culture. For the humans living on planet earth, they have some limitations structured by a particular culture on words that are publicly considered vile in what is known as taboo language or taboo words. Therefore, since there is no such thing as taboo words in the language of Utaboopia, here is a description of the taboo language and how it operates in the planet earth's culture. Taboo is a term used to describe a ban or a prohibition on certain actions or words dictated by culture. Therefore, taboo language as expounded by Randall Eggert in This Book Is Taboo, refers to certain words and phrases that are mostly believed to be inappropriate for use in certain perspectives in the society. Taboo words are approved both on corporate and personal concentrations regarding the conviction that something harmful might happen it the taboo words are spoken (Dinega, 51). There are speculations about the harm assumed to occur, but the exact nature of the evil to come about has never been entirely well defined. Taboo language is restricted by authorities such as law courts, religious institutions, mass media...
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...Deviancy: The Prostitute Versus Society S Scott Atkinson SOC3400 Social Deviance 05/02/2014 Sociology in deviance explores the many facets of deviant behavior. Many people look at at deviant behavior from the aspect of the deviant. Exploration of the behavior can be explained through different theories that involve biological, culture, control, and feminist. There are also stages that a deviant personality will go through that explain the reasoning behind their actions and they are as follows: Stage one is "Caught and publicly identified": people begin to question behavior and recognize traits identified as deviant as the persons life begins to change (Adler & Adler, 2012, p.248). Stage two is "Retrospective interpretation": people begin to change their attitude towards the person and start to reflect on previous behaviors (Adler & Adler, 2012, p.248). Stage three is "Spoiled identity": where news begins to spread and their reputation becomes tarnished (Adler & Adler, 2012, p.248). Stage four is "The dynamics of exclusion": where people begin to exclude the individual from non-deviant activities with certain groups (Adler & Adler, 2012, p.248). Stage five is "Include": the person may be invited into deviant groups and circles that support their behavior (Adler & Adler, 2012, p.248). Stage six is "Treat differently" where people who previously treated the person in a positive way...now treats that person...
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...In Chapter 1: Images of Deviance, Stephen Prohl explains how we see deviance as always the "bad guy." Which I know I personally did until reading this chapter. It goes on to explain the common debate that America is only in Iraq for its own benefits (oil) and not really there to help the people. But because we were all raised to view America as a hero to other countries this information is hard to fathom. Later in the chapter Stephen painted the picture clearer for me at least by looking at the gang types involved in illegal loans, investments, and even our food processors. This made me question, when we do go to someone for help are they helping us out of kindness or their own greed? The term "deviance" to me after completing the chapter is a fine line to walk for our common looked upon heroes and our everyday villains. In Chapter 2: Defining Deviancy Down by Daniel Patrick Moynihan explains how crime is normal and deviance is only viewed as so because of shared standards. I believe this is completely true because the vast majority of people see me as deviant simple due to the fact that I smoke cigarettes. However previous generations or even people from different backgrounds may not agree because of circumstance. Furthermore at the end of the chapter Daniel states how in society our media focuses on horrific events rather than a happy ending version. I have seen this my whole life when my parents would watch Fox News after dinner and they would talk about murder, rape, robbery...
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