Abstract
This article is a "thought" piece, Fenton says, relying on historical texts concerning society, politics, and the development of psychoanalytic conventions. The analysis offered here relies often on the absence of text and direct evidence as a means to elucidate the apparent, yet veiled problem of modern-day incest. The author initially discusses the political considerations and legal thought regarding the connections between incest and miscegenation, primarily from the antebellum South, which sustained the social order of the time. The author then discusses the prevailing family and its role in maintaining both patriarch and the racial social order. The article identifies the parallels between the mythologies associated with incest and with miscegenation. It further discusses psychology as it affects an individual victim and situation. The author closes by addressing the possibility of community-based psychology and mass hysterics contributing to the denial of existing social transgressions.