Forbidden Partners : : The Incest Taboo in Modern Culture / / James B. Twitchell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Twitchell, James B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. The Enigma of Incest --; 2. The Horror of Incest --; 3. "Strange Fits of Passion": Incest in Romantic Art --; 4. "I Shall Be with You on Your Wedding Night": Incest in Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture --; 5. "The Disease of the Last of the Ushers": Incest in Nineteenth-Century American Culture --; Conclusion --; Appendix: A Synopsis of the Biological, Psychological, and Sociological Approaches to Incest --; Notes --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231882385; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/twit91166
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James B. Twitchell.

Proposes that the unease we feel thinking and talking about incest is a learned behavior and examines the anxiety of incest as it has been continually refitted into fictional family structures since the turn of the 19th century.