اتجاهات الشباب نحو زواج الأقارب في صعيد مصر : دراسة ميدانية في الانثروبولوجيا الثقافية

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Objective: The study aims to recognize the youth attitudes towards relative's marriage in Upper Egypt and monitor its social and cultural effects.

Methods: sample of study 50 informants in the Elshotbiya village and Nag Elarab village Located in Nag Hammadi Center in Qena governorate, in Upper Egypt, their ages ranged from 20-40 years, the interview guide was used as an essential tool for the study.

The study based on the anthropological method and social capital theory as theoretical orientation.

Results; relatives' marriage is the preferred type of marriage for the youth in the two study villages.

Social capital indicators (social trust - social solidarity) are the youth motivations towards a relative's marriage.

The women play a vital role in reproduction the cultural of relative's marriage.

There is no relation between educational level and relative's marriage.

There is a belief prevalent in the two study villages: that the genetic diseases resulting from relative's marriages are related to marriage with only cousins.

There are negative effects that facing a woman as a result of a relative's marriage.

Conclusion: Masculine domination, social trust, and social solidarity are the main factors of a relative's marriage in Upper Egypt.