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Science 29 September 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5488, p. 2288
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5488.2288
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Books

ANTHROPOLOGY:
Deep Thoughts on the Forbidden

A review by Mary Douglas

The Forest of Taboos Morality, Hunting, and Identity Among the Huaulu of the Moluccas
Valerio Valeri
University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2000. 533 pp. $69.95. ISBN 0-299-16210-9. Paper, $29.95. ISBN 0-299-16214-1.

In this beautifully written, densely argued, and difficult book, Valeri interweaves straightforward ethnographic reporting with an ambitious treatise on taboo. Douglas believes it will become a classic text in anthropology and that it offers a major contribution to theories of the mind and to the philosophy of religion.
The author is at 22 Hillway, Highgate, London, N6 6QA, UK. E-mail: m.douglas{at}ucl.ac.uk

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