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 volu...
Table of Content
List of Figures and Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Alison Shaw and Aviad Raz
Chapter 1. The Prevalence and Outcomes of Consanguineous ...
About the author
Aviad E. Raz is Professor at the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University. His research focuses on how various ethnic/religious communities c...
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