The concept of taboo crossed many boundaries to find its way into the Western lexicon. Its linguistic origins are Tongan; it was one of the few genuinely productive cultural exchanges initiated by ...

For a long time the hippest word in art criticism was “transgressive”. One of the things that defined a work as modern was the breaking of taboos. And there were so many taboos to break: depictions of ...

Conference location: 365, 5 th Ave, New York, NY, 10034, USA. Official conference languages: English and French. Submission deadline for proposal: January 10, 2014. Acceptance will be announced by: ...

We read in Parashat Shlach of the awesome decree, that the people who accepted the evil tidings of the spies as to the Land, would die in the wilderness, ‘and’ their ‘young children..they shall know ...

In the classic narratives of adultery, such as those of David and Bathsheba or Lancelot and Guinevere, infidelity was viewed as a profound transgression against divine law and moral order. Adultery ...

HERE Arts Center’s Sublet Series will present the world premiere production of TRANSGRESSION, a bold new drama by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Terry Curtis Fox, directed by filmmaker Avra Fox ...