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Cousin
About: Cousin is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 351 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4100 citations. The topic is also known as: cuz & cuzzy.
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15 Jan 1989
TL;DR: Staying Alive as discussed by the authors is a story of extraordinary strength and the power of love in survival of breast cancer in a close-knit, extended Jewish family set apart only by a genetic propensity for breast cancer.
Abstract: Janet Reibstein's mother and two aunts grew up in New Jersey amid a close-knit, extended Jewish family set apart only by a genetic propensity for breast cancer. Over fifty years, the disease claims Janet's two aunts, then her mother, then a cousin. Finally Janet must face the far-reaching decision of whether to undergo a preemptive mastectomy herself. A history of the disease in America as well as a story of sisters, mothers and daughters, and the men who love them, Staying Alive is ultimately a tale of extraordinary strength and of the power of love in survival.
1,591 citations
1 Jan 2008
108 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a preliminary study of FBD marriage in Lebanon reveals similar support for Westermarck's theory, and the Lebanese patrilateral parallel cousin marriages examined produced significantly fewer children and more divorces than nonpaternal first cousin unions.
Abstract: In the past decade, several reports, including data from Taiwan on the sim-pua form of marriage, have provided evidence for the Westermarck Hypothesis, a heretofore unpopular explanation of the incest taboo. This theory states that intimate childhood association breeds sexual disinterest. A preliminary study of FBD marriage in Lebanon reveals similar support for Westermarck's theory. The Lebanese patrilateral parallel cousin marriages examined produced significantly fewer children and more divorces than nonpaternal first cousin unions. Given the quite disparate cultures from which this evidence comes, serious reconsideration of Westermarck's Hypothesis is suggested. [incest taboo, FBD marriage, Lebanon, Middle Eastern sexuality]
102 citations
99 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate intergenerational associations in outcomes across more than two generations using cousin correlations, i.e., the joint influence of family and the community they are exposed to.
88 citations
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| 2023 | 117 |
| 2022 | 145 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2020 | 24 |