Abstract

Okimura and Norton discuss the custom of nose-biting or mutilation in several cultures as a punishment for adultery or sexual rivalry.

Details

Title

Jealousy and mutilation: Nose-biting as retribution for adultery

Author

Okimura, Judy T; Norton, Scott A

Pages

2010-1

Publication year

1998

Publication date

Dec 19-Dec 26, 1998

Publisher

Elsevier Limited

ISSN

01406736

e-ISSN

1474547X

Source type

Scholarly Journal

Language of publication

English

DOI

ProQuest document ID

198949539