To say that death was a "taboo topic" in American society during the 1960s and early 1970s means that
a. a fundamental and defining aspect of human life had largely been removed from investigation and critical study
b. this subject is a branch of "thanatology"
c. this topic is most closely associated with sorcery and witchery
d. all of these
e. none of these
A
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