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Infanticide
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Infanticide
This paper discusses the history and cultural study of infanticide, the killing of infants, including case studies of African and South American tribal societies. Abstract.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages) |
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1991
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"Throughout recorded history, and most likely earlier, babies have been killed or left to die. This practice, called "infanticide," was done for many reasons, all of which reflect particular aspects of human social behavior. Whether for survival, due to the need to lengthen the time interval between siblings, to superstitions regarding deformities and twins, to economic hardship, ancient man has practiced this form of "natural selection." The two case studies presented in this report, the !Kung and the Yanomamo, both adhered to this process, though it was always with much thought and even sorrow.As history has shown, the definition of "defective" or "deformed" has varied from civilization to civilization. The ancient Greeks viewed an infant with any debilitating birth defect as a candidate for infanticide, while the Germans of 1940 ... "
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Infanticide (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Infanticide/18661
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"Infanticide" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Infanticide/18661>
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