Perceptions of cousin marriage among young Bedouin adults in Israel

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 27-46

  Raz, Aviad E ^a   Atar, Marcela ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bedouin society; Consanguinity and cousin marriage; Family diversity; Islam; Mate selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444435129     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v37n03_03     Document Type: Article

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