Ottenheimer Martin

Forbidden relatives : the American myth of cousin marriage / Martin Ottenheimer. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996. - 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and index.

U.S. laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- The reasons for U.S. laws against first cousin marriage -- European laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- European views of cousin marriage -- The evolutionary factor -- Biogenetics and first cousin marriage -- Culture and cousin marriage.

0252022394 (acid-free paper) 0252065409 (pbk. : acid-free paper)


Crosscousin marriage--United States
Crosscousin marriage--Europe


United States--Social life and customs
Europe--Social life and customs

GN560.U6