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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitmarsh, Ian, 1975-

Jones, David S. (David Shumway)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetics--Social aspects.

Genetics.

Racism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How race as a category-reinforced by new discoveries in genetics-is used as a basis for practice and policy in law, science, and medicine.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Governance and the Uses of Race; Ruling; 2 What' s the Use of Race in Presenting Forensic DNA Evidence in Court?; 3 Forensic DNA Phenotyping: Reinforcing Race in Law Enforcement; 4 Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Difference: The Biopolitics of Health; Knowing; 5 Arguments against the Use of Racialized Categories as Genetic Variables in Biomedical Research: What Are They, and Why Are They Being Ignored?; 6 From Self-Identity to Genotype: The Past, Present, and Future of Ethnic Categories in Postgenomic Science

7 The Genomics of Difference and the Politics of Race in Canada8 Race and Ancestry: Operationalizing Populations in Human Genetic Variation Studies; Caring; 9 Use of Racial and Ethnic Identity in Medical Evaluations and Treatments; 10 What' s the Use of Culture?: Health Disparities and the Development of Culturally Competent Health Care; 11 The Science and Epidemiology of Racism and Health: Racial/Ethnic Categories, Biological Expressions of Racism, and the Embodiment of Inequality - an Ecosocial Perspective; Looking Forward; 12 Race and the New Biocitizen; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26571-0

1-282-63826-2

9786612638268

0-262-26601-6

OCLC:

646069511

Publisher Number:

9786612638268