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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.
- Format:
- Book
- 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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