Degrees of Mixture, Degrees of Freedom : Genomics, Multiculturalism, and Race in Latin America /
Peter Wade draws on a multidisciplinary research study in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia, arguing that genomics produces biologized versions of racialized difference within the nation and the region and that a comparative approach nuances the simple idea that highly racialized societies give rise to h...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2017.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Purity and mixture in human population genetics
- From eugenics to blood types
- Changing practices
- Colombia, country of regions
- Brazil, race, and affirmative action
- Mexico, public health, and state genomics
- Genomics and multiculturalism : comparisons and continuities
- Gender, genealogy, and mestizaje
- The geneticization of race and diversity in everyday life.