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Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America
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Description for Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America
Paperback. Based on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, this title helps you explore how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation, and gender enter into and are affected by genomic research. Editor(s): Wade, Peter; Lopez Beltran, Carlos; Restrepo, Eduardo; Santos, Ricardo Ventura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 photos, 2 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
In genetics laboratories in Latin America, scientists have been mapping the genomes of local populations, seeking to locate the genetic basis of complex diseases and to trace population histories. As part of their work, geneticists often calculate the European, African, and Amerindian genetic ancestry of populations. Some researchers explicitly connect their findings to questions of national identity and racial and ethnic difference, bringing their research to bear on issues of politics and identity. Drawing on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, the contributors to Mestizo Genomics explore how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation, and gender ... Read more
In genetics laboratories in Latin America, scientists have been mapping the genomes of local populations, seeking to locate the genetic basis of complex diseases and to trace population histories. As part of their work, geneticists often calculate the European, African, and Amerindian genetic ancestry of populations. Some researchers explicitly connect their findings to questions of national identity and racial and ethnic difference, bringing their research to bear on issues of politics and identity. Drawing on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, the contributors to Mestizo Genomics explore how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation, and gender ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822356592
SKU
V9780822356592
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About Peter
Peter Wade is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Carlos Lopez Beltran is a historian of science and senior researcher in the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Eduardo Restrepo is a social anthropologist working in the Department of Cultural Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota. ... Read more
Reviews for Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America
This book... clearly contributes to current international debates on race, genomics and biomedicine. This work is not only of interest to biological anthropologists and historians of science, but also to a wider audience that should include evolutionary biologists and social scientists.
Ana Barahona
Metascience
All in all, the clarity of the project, the skill of ... Read more
Ana Barahona
Metascience
All in all, the clarity of the project, the skill of ... Read more