tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post8614189115068511695..comments2024-02-29T09:33:25.338-06:00Comments on THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE: INCEST WE TRUST PART 2Gene Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post-228819633293440142010-05-12T14:35:46.765-05:002010-05-12T14:35:46.765-05:00Interesting idea, that the Japanese themselves, wh...Interesting idea, that the Japanese themselves, while as you said not condoning the practice in reality, are "fascinated" by the taboo. Probably this leads to the greater societal latitude for using incest-motifs overtly, rather than through displacement.<br /><br />I agree that American audiences are more overtly offended by the taboo's appearance even in fiction, but the popular fiction often tells another story of our society's own fascination with the matter, even (to a lesser extent) in the comic-book medium.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post-16726263595086420492010-05-12T00:25:25.043-05:002010-05-12T00:25:25.043-05:00Thanks for the mention! I'm glad you found my ...Thanks for the mention! I'm glad you found my article evenhanded -- honestly, it was motivated by my surprise at how big the incest taboo (I mean in fiction, naturally!) was among people I've talked to in the American publishing industry, relative to Japan where people seem more fascinated than disgusted by it. But I also didn't want the article to degrade into a typical article on "them kinky Japanese" (at least, not any more than it inevitably would due to the subject matter).Jason & Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382538007150266805noreply@blogger.com