Cousin Marriages
Between Tradition, Genetic Risk and Cultural Change
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…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Shaw, Alison (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78920-800-9
- EAN: 9781789208009
- Produktnummer: 33320989
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 250 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 368 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 368
Über den Autor
Alison Shaw is Professor of Social Anthropology in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on ethnicity and health; social aspects of genetics; kinship, gender and transnational marriages. Her publications include Kinship and Continuity: Pakistani Families in Britain (2000) and Negotiating Risk: British Pakistani Experiences of Genetics (2009).
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