My Cousin, My Husband by Germaine Tillion

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My Cousin, My Husband by Germaine Tillion

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Part of Saqi Essentials series

Summary

Argues that the phenomenon of men killing their daughters, sisters, and wives over matters of sexual honour is not an aberration specific to Islam. Rather, it is part of a pagan Mediterranean legacy of marriage between first cousins. This work charts the rise of that Mediterranean social innovation she calls the 'Republic of Cousins'.

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My Cousin, My Husband by Germaine Tillion

In this classic work, the legendary French anthropologist Germaine Tillion argues that the phenomenon of men killing their daughters, sisters, and wives over matters of sexual honour is not an aberration specific to Islam. Rather, it is part of a pagan Mediterranean legacy of marriage between first cousins that still effects both modern Christian and Muslim societies. Drawing on authors as diverse as Herodotus, Saint Paul and Ibn Khaldun, and on legend, literature, ethnography and personal history, Tillion charts the rise of that unique Mediterranean social innovation she calls the 'Republic of Cousins'.

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Germaine Tillion, former Director of Studies of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris, was an anthropologist with unrivalled knowledge of nomads and settled agriculturalists in North Africa.
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ISBN 13 9780863566257
ISBN 10 0863566251
Title My Cousin, My Husband
Author Germaine Tillion
Series Saqi Essentials
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Saqi Books
Year published 2007-08-06
Number of pages 190
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.