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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 of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shaw, Alison, 1957- (Editor ), Raz, Aviad E., 1968- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Colección:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; Volume 28.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.