Making the Mexican Diabetic : Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality /

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This innovative ethnographic study animates the racial politics that underlie genomic research into type 2 diabetes, one of the most widespread chronic diseases and one that affects ethnic groups disproportionately.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montoya, Michael J., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Type 2 diabetes > Mexico > Genetic aspects.
Mexican Americans > Health and hygiene.
Genetics > Research > Social aspects.
Health and race > United States.
Diabetes > Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Social medicine.
Diabetes Mellitus > ethnology
Indians, North American > ethnology
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Genetic Research
Mexican Americans > ethnology
Diabète de type 2 > Mexique > Aspect génétique.
Santé et race > États-Unis.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Diabetes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Health and race.
Type 2 diabetes > Genetic aspects.
Public Health.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Public Health - General.
Mexico
United States
Mexico.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biological or social : allelic variation and the making of race in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) based research
  • Genes and disease on the US/Mexico border : the science of state formation in diabetes research
  • Purity and danger : when one stands for many
  • Collaboration and power
  • Recruiting race : commodification of Mexicana/o bodies from the US/Mexico border
  • Bioethnic conscriptions.

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