This was an interesting rhetorical device. Hard to read, hard to write, but effective.
It's always interesting to me when the incest taboo is brought up as both a universal (which it is not) and a clearly defined term (also not). It's not even a universal legal issue, as every state has different laws in place. I've seen your discussions on tumblr now, and I think I get the dividing line you're demonstrating here.
Have you ever read Jack Ketchum? He has a collection of short stories called Peaceable Kingdom and he kind of uses this same approach between two different stories.
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Date: 2013-05-01 04:47 am (UTC)It's always interesting to me when the incest taboo is brought up as both a universal (which it is not) and a clearly defined term (also not). It's not even a universal legal issue, as every state has different laws in place. I've seen your discussions on tumblr now, and I think I get the dividing line you're demonstrating here.
Have you ever read Jack Ketchum? He has a collection of short stories called Peaceable Kingdom and he kind of uses this same approach between two different stories.