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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... statutes exist to protect us from the genetic risks of inbreeding . Many fear that close relatives who wed may produce off- spring with physical defects or disabilities . Zoologists recognize advantages as well as disadvantages among ...
... statutes exist to protect us from the genetic risks of inbreeding . Many fear that close relatives who wed may produce off- spring with physical defects or disabilities . Zoologists recognize advantages as well as disadvantages among ...
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... statutes in the nineteenth century before the re- discovery of Mendelian genetics , and most passed their laws before the development of modern population genetics in the 1950s . Only one state , Maine , has recently ( 1985 ) legislated ...
... statutes in the nineteenth century before the re- discovery of Mendelian genetics , and most passed their laws before the development of modern population genetics in the 1950s . Only one state , Maine , has recently ( 1985 ) legislated ...
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... statutes ended in 1876 with the adoption of the Swiss federal law regulating civil status and marriage ( Wright 1889 : 1062-65 ) . The federal law provided a single code for all Swiss cantons , including a statute permitting the ...
... statutes ended in 1876 with the adoption of the Swiss federal law regulating civil status and marriage ( Wright 1889 : 1062-65 ) . The federal law provided a single code for all Swiss cantons , including a statute permitting the ...
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... statutes disallowing the wed- ding of first cousins began to be introduced on a state - by - state basis . By the end of the first quarter of the twentieth century a majority of states had enacted legislation against first cousin ...
... statutes disallowing the wed- ding of first cousins began to be introduced on a state - by - state basis . By the end of the first quarter of the twentieth century a majority of states had enacted legislation against first cousin ...
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... statutes against first cous- in marriage ( Wright 1889 ) . The number of states with this form of legisla- tion has continued to grow during the twentieth century . Today thirty - one states ( 62 percent ) prohibit first cousin marriage ...
... statutes against first cous- in marriage ( Wright 1889 ) . The number of states with this form of legisla- tion has continued to grow during the twentieth century . Today thirty - one states ( 62 percent ) prohibit first cousin marriage ...
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