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Mestizo Genomics : Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ventura Santos, Ricardo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genomics--Social aspects--Latin America.
- Latin America--Race relations--History.
- Mestizos--Latin America.
- Mestizos--Social aspects--Latin America.
- Mestizos.
- Genomics--Latin America.
- Genomics.
- Local Subjects:
- Genomics--Social aspects--Latin America.
- Latin America--Race relations--History.
- Mestizos--Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Genomics, Race Mixture, and Nation in Latin America - Peter Wade, Carlos Lopez Beltran, Eduardo Restrepo, and Ricardo Venture Santos; Part I: History and Context; Chapter 1. From Degeneration to Meeting Point: Historical Views on Race, Mixture, and the Biological Diversity of the Brazilian Population - Ricardo Ventura Santos, Michael Kent, and Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto; Chapter 2. Nation and Difference in the Genetic Imagination of Colombia - Eduardo Restrepo, Ernesto Schwartz-Marín, and Roosbelinda Cárdenas
- Chapter 3. Negotiating the Mexican Mestizo: On the Possibility of a National Genomics - Carlos López Beltrán, Vivette García Deister, and Mariana Rios SandovalPart II: Laboratory Case Studies; Chapter 4. "The Charrua Are Alive": The Genetic Resurrection of an Extinct Indigenous Population in Southern Brazil - Michael Kent and Ricardo Ventura Santos; Chapter 5. The Travels of Humans, Categories,and Other Genetic Products: A Case Study of the Practice of Population Genetics in Colombia - María Fernanda Olarte Sierra and Adriana Díaz del Castillo H.
- Chapter 6. Laboratory Life of the Mexican Mestizo - Vivette García DeisterChapter 7. Social Categories and Laboratory Practicesin Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico: A Comparative Overview - Peter Wade, Vivette García Deister, Michael Kent, and María Fernanda Olarte Sierra; Conclusion: Race, Multiculturalism, and Genomics in Latin America - Peter Wade; Appendix: Methods and Context; References; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780822376729
- 0822376725
- OCLC:
- 870971335
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