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
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 09, 2017)