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Making the Mexican diabetic : race, science, and the genetics of inequality / Michael J. Montoya.

Penn Museum Library RA645.D5 M66 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Montoya, Michael J., 1965-
Contributor:
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Type 2 diabetes--Mexico--Genetic aspects.
Type 2 diabetes.
Mexican Americans--Health and hygiene.
Mexican Americans.
Genetics--Research--Social aspects.
Genetics.
Health and race--United States.
Health and race.
Diabetes--Social aspects.
Diabetes.
Medical anthropology.
Social medicine.
Diabetes Mellitus--ethnology.
Genetics--Research.
Mexico.
United States.
Genetic Research.
Indians, North American--ethnology.
Mexican Americans--ethnology.
Risk Factors.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Medical Subjects:
Diabetes Mellitus--ethnology.
Mexico.
United States.
Genetic Research.
Indians, North American--ethnology.
Mexican Americans--ethnology.
Risk Factors.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Physical Description:
xxi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
Contents:
Biological or social : allelic variation and the making of race in single nucleotide polymorphism-based research
Genes and disease on the U.S.-Mexico border : the science of state formation in diabetes research
Purity and danger : when one stands for many
Collaboration and power : processing cultures and culturing data
Recruiting race : commodification of Mexicana/o bodies from the U.S.-Mexico border
Bioethnic conscription.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780520267305
0520267303
9780520267312
0520267311
OCLC:
664319212
Publisher Number:
99942540220

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