Risk as a Basis for Taboos among Fishermen in Southern New England
The paper examines the relationship between fishermen's taboos, a form of ritual behavior, and a number of sociocultural variables. Taboo usage was positively related to time spent at sea and negatively related to socialization in a fishing family. These interrelated findings strongly support t...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1976]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Statistical variance
B Ethnicity B Taboos B Seas B Funerary rituals B Religious rituals B Fishers B Commercial fishing B Anxiety B Christianity |
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| Summary: | The paper examines the relationship between fishermen's taboos, a form of ritual behavior, and a number of sociocultural variables. Taboo usage was positively related to time spent at sea and negatively related to socialization in a fishing family. These interrelated findings strongly support the risk and ritual hypothesis proposed by Malinowski by showing that within a single dangerous occupation, degree of ritual covaries with the degree of risk involved. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1386089 |