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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... spouse , while one's mother's sister's daughter is forbidden . Since the different cousins in these cases are not distinguish- able by consanguineal distance , consanguinity has no apparent application to the prohibitions in these ...
... spouse , while one's mother's sister's daughter is forbidden . Since the different cousins in these cases are not distinguish- able by consanguineal distance , consanguinity has no apparent application to the prohibitions in these ...
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... spouse . In traditional China and in Korea today , for example , descent through males is important for deter- mining social relationships . Members of the same descent group can not marry . Second or more distant cousins related ...
... spouse . In traditional China and in Korea today , for example , descent through males is important for deter- mining social relationships . Members of the same descent group can not marry . Second or more distant cousins related ...
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... spouses , some argue for the Western model , in which the difference be- tween cousins on the mother's side and cousins on the father's side is ig- nored . Others want to maintain the traditional concern with patrilineal descent ...
... spouses , some argue for the Western model , in which the difference be- tween cousins on the mother's side and cousins on the father's side is ig- nored . Others want to maintain the traditional concern with patrilineal descent ...
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... spouse can come from and ( 2 ) those placing restrictions on the relationships in the group allowed by the first ... spouses of the family unit share the same culture . Since the transmission of culture from generation to 14 Introduction.
... spouse can come from and ( 2 ) those placing restrictions on the relationships in the group allowed by the first ... spouses of the family unit share the same culture . Since the transmission of culture from generation to 14 Introduction.
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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