Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin MarriageUniversity of Illinois Press, 1996 - 179 páginas Forbidden Relatives challenges the belief--widely held in the United States--that legislation against marriage between first cousins is based on a biological risk to offspring. In fact, its author maintains, the U.S. prohibition against such unions originated largely because of the belief that it would promote more rapid assimilation of immigrants. A social anthropologist, Martin Ottenheimer questioned U.S. laws against cousin marriage because his international research into marriage patterns showed no European countries prohibit such unions. He examines the historical development of U.S. laws governing marriage, contrasts them with European laws, and analyzes the genetic implications of first cousin marriage. Modern genetic evidence, Ottenheimer says, doesn't support the concept that children of these unions are at any special risk. Ottenheimer's book, the only volume available that deals with kinship in this way, will challenge readers and give them much to consider and discuss. |
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... recognize advantages as well as disadvantages among inbred animals , but few would apply this insight to homo sapiens . As one animal scientist points out , " In humans , it is believed that children from the marriage of first cousins ...
... recognize advantages as well as disadvantages among inbred animals , but few would apply this insight to homo sapiens . As one animal scientist points out , " In humans , it is believed that children from the marriage of first cousins ...
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... recognize the potential hazards and prohibit it . An examination of marital laws outside of the United States , however , reveals that cousin marriage is permitted in every country in Europe . In England first cousin unions have been ...
... recognize the potential hazards and prohibit it . An examination of marital laws outside of the United States , however , reveals that cousin marriage is permitted in every country in Europe . In England first cousin unions have been ...
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... recognized as legal in some states but not in others . Citi- zens of some states are prohibited from marrying affinal relatives , while others are permitted to marry consanguineal relatives who are no more distantly related ...
... recognized as legal in some states but not in others . Citi- zens of some states are prohibited from marrying affinal relatives , while others are permitted to marry consanguineal relatives who are no more distantly related ...
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... Recognizing the church's prohibition against cousin marriage did not develop as a result of the genetic effects of marriage or a biblical injunction , Goody theorizes that the church attacked cousin marriage to disrupt the inheritance ...
... Recognizing the church's prohibition against cousin marriage did not develop as a result of the genetic effects of marriage or a biblical injunction , Goody theorizes that the church attacked cousin marriage to disrupt the inheritance ...
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... recognize that in any society laws enacted by legisla- tors do not reflect all the factors governing marriage . This is certainly true for the United States , where unwritten marriage codes have played an important role in governing ...
... recognize that in any society laws enacted by legisla- tors do not reflect all the factors governing marriage . This is certainly true for the United States , where unwritten marriage codes have played an important role in governing ...
Contenido
US Laws Prohibiting the Marriage of Relatives | 19 |
The Reasons for US Laws against First Cousin Marriage | 42 |
European Laws Prohibiting the Marriage of Relatives | 61 |
European Views of Cousin Marriage | 79 |
The Evolutionary Factor | 94 |
Biogenetics and First Cousin Marriage | 116 |
Culture and Cousin Marriage | 134 |
Bibliography | 155 |
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Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin Marriage Martin Ottenheimer Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin Marriage Martin Ottenheimer Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin Marriage Martin Ottenheimer Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
Términos y frases comunes
affinal prohibitions affinal relationships affinal relatives alliance theory alliances Bemiss brother's daughter child close kin marriage close relatives consanguineal marriage consanguineal relatives cous cousin marriage cousins from marrying cross-cousin marriage cultural descent group dispensations endogamy England exogamy father's sister forbidden to marry forbidding founder effect frequency genetic genetic drift George Darwin hemophilia hibitions homozygous human social husband in-laws inbreeding incest individuals legislation Leviticus Lewis Henry Morgan list of forbidden list of prohibited marriage of relatives marriage prohibitions Morgan myth of cousin niece nineteenth century offspring of cousin parallel-cousin parents percent permitted population prohibited first cousin prohibited from marrying prohibited marriages prohibitions against cousin recessive gene regulations result riage Roman Catholic church second cousins siblings sister's daughter society son's wife spouses statutes theory tion Tylor unilineal descent United wife's daughter X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX