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.
Author(s): Shaw, Alison; Raz, Aviad E.
Series: Volume 28 of Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 248
City: New York, Oxford
Introduction.
Chapter 1. The Prevalence and Outcomes of Consanguineous Marriage in Contemporary Societies
Chapter 2. Risk Calculations in Consanguinity
PART I - Continuity and Change in Traditional Consanguineous Marriage
Chapter 3. Cousin Marriages and Inherited Blood Disorders in the Sultanate of Oman
Chapter 4. Dangerous Liaisons
PART II - Cousin Marriages within Migrant Populations in Europe
Chapter 5. British Pakistani Cousin Marriages and the Negotiation of Reproductive Risk
Chapter 6. A Cousin Marriage Equals a Forced Marriage: Transnational Marriages between Closely Related Spouses in Denmark
Chapter 7. Changing Patterns Of Partner Choice? Cousin Marriages Among Migrant Groups In The Netherlands
PART III - Consanguinity and Managing Genetic Risk
Chapter 8. Using Community Genetics for Healthy Consanguinity
Chapter 9. Premarital Carrier Testing and Matching in Jewish Communities
Chapter 10. Preconception Care For Consanguineous Couples in the Netherlands
Afterword. The Marriages of Cousins in Victorian England
