Living Dead in the Pacific : Contested Sovereignty and Racism in Genetic Research on Taiwan Aborigines /

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Colonized since the 1600s, Taiwan is largely a nation of settlers. Yet within its population of 23 million are some 500,000 Aboriginal people. Genetic research has permeated both the political and popular spheres as Taiwanese nationalists and Chinese nationalists argue over the significance of migra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Munsterhjelm, Mark, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : UBC Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Guo li li shi bo wu guan > Taipeh
Ethnology > Taiwan.
Racism > Taiwan.
Genetics > Research > Political aspects > Taiwan.
Genetics > Research > Social aspects > Taiwan.
Taiwan aborigines.
Racisme > Taiwan.
Ethnologie > Taiwan.
Génétique > Recherche > Aspect politique > Taiwan.
Génétique > Recherche > Aspect social > Taiwan.
Autochtones > Taiwan.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnology
Genetics > Research > Social aspects
Race relations
Racism
Taiwan aborigines
Rassismus
Indigenes Volk
Genetik
Taiwan > Race relations.
Taiwan > Relations raciales.
Taiwan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Taiwan Aborigines' genes as black boxes
  • Aboriginal peoples' genes as narrated and contested assemblages
  • Imposing genetic distinctions: Aborginal peoples and alcoholism in genetics research
  • Informed consent in the Austronesian homeland
  • Were the Maori "Made in Taiwan"?
  • Internet shopping carts and patenting Taiwan's "Gift to the world"
  • Conclusion: the agency of the living dead in contested sovereignty.

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