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The social life of DNA : race, reparations, and reconciliation after the genome / Alondra Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Alondra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--History.
- History.
- Genetics--Social aspects--United States.
- Genetics.
- Genealogy--Social aspects--United States.
- Genealogy.
- Genomics--Social aspects--United States.
- Genomics.
- Sociogenomics--United States.
- Sociogenomics.
- Black or African American.
- DNA--analysis.
- Genealogy and Heraldry.
- Enslavement--history.
- Social Justice.
- Genomics--Social aspects.
- Genealogy--Social aspects.
- Genetics--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Black or African American.
- DNA--analysis.
- Genealogy and Heraldry.
- Enslavement--history.
- Social Justice.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Weaving together keenly observed interactions with root-seekers alongside historical details and revealing personal narrative, Alondra Nelson shows that genetic genealogy is a new tool for addressing old and enduring issues. Nelson explores how these cutting-edge DNA-based techniques are being used in myriad ways, including grappling with the unfinished business of slavery: to foster reconciliation, to establish ties with African ancestral homelands, to rethink and sometimes alter citizenship, and to make legal claims for slavery reparations. Engrossing and highly original, The Social Life of DNA is a must-read for anyone interested in race, science, history, and how our reckoning with the past may help us to chart a more just course for tomorrow. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Reconciliation projects
- Ground work
- Game changer
- The pursuit of African ancestry
- Roots revelations
- Acts of reparation
- The Rosa Parks of the reparation litigation movement
- DNA diasporas
- Racial politics after the genome.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-192) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780807033029
- 0807033022
- Publisher Number:
- 99988215051
- 40025682449
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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