{"product_id":"inbreeding-incest-and-the-incest-taboo-9780804751414","title":"Inbreeding Incest and the Incest Taboo","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences?  This book reexamines these questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:List of Tables and Figures\tiii  @toc2:Introduction\t000  @tocca:Arthur P. Wolf  @toc2:1\tIncest Avoidance and Incest Taboos\t000  @tocca:Patrick Bateson  @toc2:2\tGenetic Aspects of Inbreeding and Incest\t000  @tocca:Alan H. Bittles  @toc2:3\tInbreeding Avoidance in Primates\t000  @tocca:Anne Pusey  @toc2:4\tExplaining the Westermarck Effect, or, What Did Natural Selection Select For?\t000  @tocca:Arthur P. Wolf  @toc2:5\tAncient Egyptian Sibling Marriage and the Westermack Effect\t000  @tocca:Walter Scheidel  @toc2:6\tFrom Genes to Incest Taboos: The Crucial Step  @tocca:Neven Sesardic\t000  @toc2:7\tAssessing the Gaps in Westermarck's Theory\t000  @tocca:William H. Durham  @toc2:8\tRefining the Incest Taboo: With Considerable Help from Bronislaw Malinowski\t000  @tocca:Hill Gates  @toc2:9\tEvolutionary Thought and Current Clinical Understanding of Incest\t000  @tocca:Mark T. Erickson  @toc2:10\tThe Incest Taboo as Darwinian Natural Right\t000  @tocca:Larry Arnhart  @toc4:Index\t000        Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Incest, Consanguinity, Inbreeding, Taboo","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865943257431,"sku":"9780804751414","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804751414.jpg?v=1722276306","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inbreeding-incest-and-the-incest-taboo-9780804751414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}