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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... rule out unions between certain kinds of first cousins , while permitting ( and sometimes even encouraging ) marriage between other kinds . For example , in some societies one's mother's broth- er's daughter is a preferred spouse ...
... rule out unions between certain kinds of first cousins , while permitting ( and sometimes even encouraging ) marriage between other kinds . For example , in some societies one's mother's broth- er's daughter is a preferred spouse ...
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... rules . Just a cursory glance at the statutes is sure to amuse or perhaps con- fuse the reader . Second cousins , for example , were prohibited from mar- rying until recently in Oklahoma , while in some states it was legal to mar- ry a ...
... rules . Just a cursory glance at the statutes is sure to amuse or perhaps con- fuse the reader . Second cousins , for example , were prohibited from mar- rying until recently in Oklahoma , while in some states it was legal to mar- ry a ...
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... rule in a matter of such vital concern " ( Howard 1904 , 3 : 194-95 ) . Nothing much has changed since 1904 , when this was ... rules has become available , and more sophisticated analyses of marriage have been undertaken , but the legal ...
... rule in a matter of such vital concern " ( Howard 1904 , 3 : 194-95 ) . Nothing much has changed since 1904 , when this was ... rules has become available , and more sophisticated analyses of marriage have been undertaken , but the legal ...
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... rules forbid marriage between a man and a type of second cousin ( the daughter of his grandfather's brother's son's daughter ) but al- low a man to wed a kind of first cousin ( the daughter of his mother's broth- er ) . This points ...
... rules forbid marriage between a man and a type of second cousin ( the daughter of his grandfather's brother's son's daughter ) but al- low a man to wed a kind of first cousin ( the daughter of his mother's broth- er ) . This points ...
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... rules of endog- amy , which restrict potential marriage relationships to those within the same social unit - race , religion , community , tribe , clan , class , or caste . The sec- ond category rules operate within the social units ...
... rules of endog- amy , which restrict potential marriage relationships to those within the same social unit - race , religion , community , tribe , clan , class , or caste . The sec- ond category rules operate within the social units ...
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