Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title Cousin marriages : between tradition, genetic risk and cultural change / edited by Alison Shaw and Aviad Raz
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2015

Copies

Description 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : illustrations
Series Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality ; Volume 28
Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; Volume 28.
Contents The prevalence and outcomes of consanguineous marriage in contemporary societies / Alan H. Bittles -- Risk calculations in consanguinity / Leo P. ten Kate, Marieke E. Teeuw, Lidewij Henneman and Martina C. Cornel -- Cousin marriages and inherited blood disorders in the Sultanate of Oman / Claire Beaudevin -- 'Dangerous Liaisons': modern biomedical discourses and changing practices of cousin marriage in southeastern Turkey / Laila Prager -- British Pakistani cousin marriages and the negotiation of reproductive risk / Alison Shaw -- A cousin marriage equals a forced marriage: transnational marriages between closely related spouses in Denmark / Anika Liversage and Mikkel Rytter -- Changing patterns of partner choice? Cousin marriages among Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands / Oka Storms and Edien Bartels -- Using community genetics for health consanguinity / Joël Zlotogora -- Premarital carrier testing and matching in Jewish communities / Aviad E. Raz -- Preconception care for consanguineous couples in the Netherlands / Marieke E. Teeuw, Pascal Borry and Leo P. ten Kate -- The marriage of cousins in Victorian England / Adant Kuper
Summary Juxtaposing contributions from geneticists and anthropologists, this volume provides a contemporary overview of cousin marriage and what is happening at the interface of public policy, the management of genetic risk and changing cultural practices in the Middle East and in multi-ethnic Europe. It offers a cross-cultural exploration of practices of cousin marriage in the light of new genetic understanding of consanguineous marriage and its possible health risks. Overall, the volume presents a reflective, interdisciplinary analysis of the social and ethical issues raised by both the discourse of risk in cousin marriage, as well as existing and potential interventions to promote "healthy consanguinity" via new genetic technologies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes CIP data; item not viewed
Subject Cross-cousin marriage.
Genetic disorders.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Cross-cousin marriage
Genetic disorders
Neef-nicht-huwelijk.
Genre/Form Proefschriften (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Shaw, Alison, 1957- editor.
Raz, Aviad E., 1968- editor.
LC no. 2014029066
ISBN 9781782384939
1782384936
1782384928
9781782384922