Itch is the creative journal of the School of Literature,
Language and Media at the University of the Witwatersrand which has announced the
theme for Itch e.12: TABOOS.
taboo (also tabu) ● n. (pl. taboos or tabus) a social or
religious custom placing prohibitions or restrictions on a particular thing or
person. ● adj. prohibited or restricted by social custom. ► designated as
sacred and prohibited. ● v. (taboos, tabooed or tabus, tabued) place under such
prohibition. ORIGIN C18: from Tongan tabu ‘set apart, forbidden’. (South
African Concise Oxford Dictionary, 2002)
What does the word TABOOS
trigger in your head? Tell us … As usual, contributors should feel free to interpret
this theme in any way that they wish, to speak to or against it, to explore or
ignore it.
Deadline for submissions November 10. More details on the
submissions page at http://www.itch.co.za/
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