Wade Degrees of Mixture, Degrees of Freedom

Genomics, Multiculturalism, and Race in Latin America
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7307-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

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 highly racialized genomics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wade, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. Mixture as a Biological Process 1
I. Purity and Mixture
1. Purity and Mixture in Human Population Genetics 27
2. From Eugenics to Blood Types 53
II. Genetics and Multiculturalism
3. Changing Practices 85
4. Colombia, Country of Regions 99
5. Brazil, Race, and Affirmative Action 122
6. Mexico, Public Health, and State Genomics 146
7. Genomics & Multiculturalism: Comparisons and Continuities 166
III. Narrating Mixture
8. Gender, Genealogy, and Mestizaje 191
9. The Geneticization of Race and Diversity in Everyday Life 223
Conclusion 258
Notes 267
References 273
Index 315

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Wade is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester and the author and editor of many books, including Mestizo Genomics, also published by Duke University Press, and Race: An Introduction.