Love Has (NO) Boundaries: Researching a Sexual Taboo
Sexual and emotional attraction humans feel towards animals, also known as zoophilia, is perhaps the most controversial facet of human-animal relationships. In this article I explore this seemingly ultimate transgression of interspecies boundaries and probe the Israeli cultural encounters with it. I discern how the stated concerns for normative sexuality and animal rights masquerade the underlying factors in the zoophilia taboo, and reveal the cultural implications of human-animal sexual love in Israel. My fieldwork reveals not only the limits of acceptable human-animal love, but also the limits of legitimate research, and the consequences entailed for those who resolve to challenge them.
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2013
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Authors: | Shir-Vertesh, Dafna |
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International Journal of Social Science Studies. - Chaire en Économie et Management de l'Innovation (CEMI). - Vol. 1.2013, 1, p. 161-172
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Chaire en Économie et Management de l'Innovation (CEMI) |
Subject: | Zoophilia | Israel | Taboo | Sexuality | Fieldwork |
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