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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wade, Peter, 1957- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.