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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Preface -- Introduction -- Is race real? -- Where does race come from? -- How does any group (such as coloureds) come to be a racial problem? -- Why are women of colour represented negatively in research? -- Is research not objective? -- What are the ethical foundations of sound research (on race)? -- What does a critical (rather than essentialist) study of race look like? -- What does a systemic (or structural) rather than racial group analysis of problems look like? -- Does method matter when the questions are flawed? |
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Can race be unlearned? -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION A: Race and the Genes -- 01. The Role of Genetics in Racial Categorisation of Humans -- Introduction -- The basics of DNA -- Genetic variation in humans: How did this come about? -- Link between genetic variation and human disease -- Concept of race: On what is the label based? -- Eugenics -- Concluding remarks -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 02. The Boomerang: How eugenics and racial science in the German colonies rebounded on Europe and the rest of the world -- Introduction -- The boomerang -- Conclusion -- Endnotes |
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Misery research and the compulsion to compare -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 05. Pitfalls of a Profession: Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective -- "Volksgeskiedenis" and academe -- The mantra of "objective-scientific" history -- Implications -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION C: Making up Race and ""the Other"" in the Social and Medical Sciences -- 06. Difficult Knowledge: The state of the discussion around 'race' in the social sciences -- Introduction -- The social construction explanation -- Some caveats -- Racial realism |
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Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 07. Race and Health: Dilemmas of the South African health researcher -- Introduction -- Explaining the influence of race on health and disease -- Concepts related to race -- International debates about the use of racial terminology in health research -- Investigating the use of race in health research at Stellenbosch University -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 08. Of "Basters" and "Bastards": Overcoming the problematic connection of race and gender in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation -- A mere translation error? |
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Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography -- SECTION B: Race and the Present Past -- 03. Reinterrogating Race in Scientific Research: A view from the history of physical anthropology -- Introduction -- A short history of physical anthropology -- Physical anthropology comes to Stellenbosch University -- A lesson from history -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 04. A Century of Misery Research on Coloured People -- Introduction -- Digging in the archives -- A thematic analysis of race and research at Stellenbosch University -- Making sense of a century of misery research on coloured people |
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Border anxiety |
| Subject |
Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- South Africa
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Race discrimination.
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racial discrimination.
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Race discrimination
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Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walters, Cyrill
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| ISBN |
9781928480495 |
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1928480497 |
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