Making the Mexican Diabetic : Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality [E-Book]
Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 259 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520949003
- 0520949005
- 1283278065
- 9781283278065
- Type 2 diabetes -- Mexico -- Genetic aspects
- Mexican Americans -- Health and hygiene
- Genetics -- Research -- Social aspects
- Health and race -- United States
- Diabetes -- Social aspects
- Medical anthropology
- Social medicine
- Diabetes Mellitus -- ethnology
- Indians, North American -- ethnology
- Risk Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Genetic Research
- Mexican Americans -- ethnology
- Mexico
- United States
- Mexico
- United States
- WK 810
| Item type | Home library | Class number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic book | Stenhouse Library | Link to resource | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-246) and index.
Biological or social : allelic variation and the making of race in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) based research -- Genes and disease on the US/Mexico border : the science of state formation in diabetes research -- Purity and danger : when one stands for many -- Collaboration and power -- Recruiting race : commodification of Mexicana/o bodies from the US/Mexico border -- Bioethnic conscriptions.
Print version record.
This innovative ethnographic study animates the racial politics that underlie genomic research into type 2 diabetes, one of the most widespread chronic diseases and one that affects ethnic groups disproportionately.
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
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