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Forbidden Relatives: THE AMERICAN MYTH OF COUSIN MARRIAGE by Martin Ottenheimer (Paperback, 1996)

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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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PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press

ISBN-139780252065408

eBay Product ID (ePID)96311911

Product Key Features

SubjectAnthropology

Publication Year1996

Number of Pages192 Pages

Publication NameForbidden Relatives: the American Myth of Cousin Marriage

LanguageEnglish

TypeTextbook

AuthorMartin Ottenheimer

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height229 mm

Item Width152 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Title_AuthorMartin Ottenheimer