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What's the use of race? : modern governance and the biology of difference / edited by Ian Whitmarsh and David S. Jones.

Van Pelt Library QH438.7 .W53 2010
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Whitmarsh, Ian, 1975-
Jones, David S. (David Shumway)
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genetics--Social aspects.
Genetics.
Racism.
Race--Social aspects.
Race.
Race--Political aspects.
Genetics--Political aspects.
Racial Groups--genetics.
Genetic Variation.
Ethnicity--genetics.
Prejudice.
Medical Subjects:
Racial Groups--genetics.
Genetic Variation.
Ethnicity--genetics.
Prejudice.
Physical Description:
viii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2010]
Contents:
Governance and the uses of race / Ian Whitmarsh and David S. Jones
What's the use of race in presenting forensic DNA evidence in court? / Jonathan Kahn
Forensic DNA phenotyping : reinforcing race in law enforcement / Pamela Sankar
Beyond inclusion, beyond difference : the biopolitics of health / Steven Epstein
Arguments against the use of radicalized categories as genetic variables in biomedical research : what are they, and why are they being ignored? / Simon M. Outram and George T.H. Ellison
From self-identity to genotype : the past, present, and future of ethnic categories in postgenomic science / Richard Tutton ... [et al.]
The genomics of difference and the politics of race in Canada / Amy Hinterberger
Race and ancestry : operationalizing populations in human genetic variation studies / Joan H. Fujimura ... [et al.]
Use of racial and ethnic identity in medical evaluations and treatments / Jay S. Kaufman and Richard S. Cooper
What's the use of culture? : health disparities and the development of culturally competent health care / Angela C. Jenks
The science and epidemiology of racism and health : racial/ethnic categories, biological expressions of racism, and the embodiment of inequality : an ecosocial perspective / Nancy Krieger
Race and the new biocitizen / Dorothy Roberts.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
0262514249
9780262514248
OCLC:
444107698
Publisher Number:
99951514264

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