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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... theory . This basis for the myth is reflected in the legislation against first cous- in marriage in the United States . Today thirty - one states have prohibitions against this practice ( including North Carolina , which only prohibits ...
... theory . This basis for the myth is reflected in the legislation against first cous- in marriage in the United States . Today thirty - one states have prohibitions against this practice ( including North Carolina , which only prohibits ...
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... theory of cousin marriage and its prohibitions should be universally applicable . The U.S. case should fit within the pur- view of a general theory of the regulation of the marriage of relatives . Given these considerations , it should ...
... theory of cousin marriage and its prohibitions should be universally applicable . The U.S. case should fit within the pur- view of a general theory of the regulation of the marriage of relatives . Given these considerations , it should ...
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... theories of social relationships . In Europe the discussion and debate focusing on the nature of the family and marriage did not lead to any consensus about precisely which relatives should be excluded from the pool of potential ...
... theories of social relationships . In Europe the discussion and debate focusing on the nature of the family and marriage did not lead to any consensus about precisely which relatives should be excluded from the pool of potential ...
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... theory of evolu- tion , but there was a significant difference in the way each interpreted evo- lution . Tylor accepted a form of Darwinian evolution , while Morgan was Spencerian . The critical difference here is how each approach ...
... theory of evolu- tion , but there was a significant difference in the way each interpreted evo- lution . Tylor accepted a form of Darwinian evolution , while Morgan was Spencerian . The critical difference here is how each approach ...
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... theory of cousin marriage . Such a theory must take into consideration the worldwide data . What is needed is a conception of cousin marriage that will provide a framework for understanding the comparative data on cousin marriage as ...
... theory of cousin marriage . Such a theory must take into consideration the worldwide data . What is needed is a conception of cousin marriage that will provide a framework for understanding the comparative data on cousin marriage as ...
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