Racial identities, genetic ancestry, and health in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay

Racial identities, genetic ancestry, and health in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay

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The edited collection brings together social and biological anthropology scholars, biologists, and geneticists to examine the interface between Genetic Admixture, Identity and Health, directly contributing to an emerging field of 'bio-cultural anthropology. SAHRA GIBBON has a Lectureship at University College London, UK. . MÓNICASANS is Director in the Biological Anthropology Department at Universidad de la República, Uruguay. RICARDO VENTURA SANTOS is Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. INDICE: Preface; 'N.Redclift - 'PART I: DOING AND DEFINING 'BIO-CULTURAL' ANTHROPOLOGY AS APPLIED TO GENETICS - Anthropology, Race, and the Dilemmas of Identity in the Age of Genomics; 'R.Ventura Santos' & 'M.Chor Maio - 'The Inexistence of Biology Verses the Existence of Social Races: Can Science Inform Society?; 'S.D.J.Pena' & 'T.S.Birchal' - Ethics/Bioethics and Anthropological Fieldwork; 'A.L.Caratini - 'PART II: ADMIXTURE MAPPING AND GENOMICS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND BEYOND - Admixture Dynamics in Hispanics: A Shift in the Nuclear Genetic Ancestry of a South American Population Isolate; 'L.Ruiz - 'Pharmacogenetic Studies in the Brazilian Population; 'G.Suarez-Kurtz' & 'S.D.J.Pena - 'Admixture Mapping and Genetic Technologies; 'B.Bertoni - 'The Significance of Sickle Cell Anemia within the Context of the Brazilian Government's 'Racial Policies' (1995-2004);' P.H.Fry' - PART III: GENETIC ADMIXTURE HISTORY, NATIONHOOD AND IDENTITY IN SOUTH AMERICA - Gene Admixture and Type of Marriage in a Sampleof Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area; 'F.R.Carnese - 'Ethnic/Race Self-Adscription, Genetics, and National Identity in Uruguay; 'M.Sans - 'Forced Disappearance and Suppresion of Identity of Children in Argentina: Experiences after Genetic Identification; 'V.B.Penchaszadeh - 'Molecular Vignettes of the Columbian Nation: The Place of Race and Ethnicity in Networks of Biocapital; 'C.A.Barrigan - 'Afterward/Commentaries; 'R.Rapp, T.Disotell, M.Montoya' & 'P.Wade '

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-11061-8
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 272
  • Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés