Genetics and the unsettled past : the collision of DNA, race, and history / edited by Keith Wailoo, Alondra Nelson, Catherine Lee.

Other author Wailoo, Keith.
Other author Nelson, Alondra.
Other author Lee, Catherine, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionx, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesRutgers studies in race and ethnicity
Rutgers studies in race and ethnicity. ^A1108043
Contents Who am I? Genes and the problem of historical identity / Keith Wailoo -- Reconciliation projects : from kinship to justice / Alondra Nelson -- The unspoken significance of gender in constructing kinship, race, and nation / Catherine Lee -- A biologist's perspective on DNA and race in the genomics era / Abram Gabriel -- The dilemma of classification : the past in the present / Lundy Braun and Evelynn Hammonds -- The informationalization of race : communication, databases, and the digital coding of the genome / Peter A. Chow-White -- Forensic DNA phenotyping : continuity and change in the history of race, genetics, and policing / Pamela Sankar -- Forensic DNA and the inertial power of race in American legal practice / Jonathan Kahn -- Making history via DNA, making DNA from history : deconstructing the race-disease connection in admixture mapping / Ramya Rajagopalan and Joan H. Fujimura -- Waiting on the promise of prescribing precision : race in the era of pharmacogenomics / Sandra Soo-Jin Lee -- French families, paper facts : genetics, nation, and explanation / Nina Kohli-Laven -- Categorization, census, and multiculturalism : molecular politics and the material of nation / Amy Hinterberger -- "It's a living history, told by the real survivors of the times-DNA" : anthropological genetics in the tradition of biology as applied history / Marianne Sommer -- Cells, gene, and stories : HeLa's journey from labs to literature / Priscilla Wald -- The case of the genetic ancestor / Jennifer A. Hamilton -- Making sense of genetics, culture, and history : a case study of a native youth education program / Michelle M. Jacob -- Humanitarian DNA identification in post-apartheid South Africa / Jay D. Aronson -- Forbidden or forsaken? The (mis)use of a forbidden knowledge argument in research on race, DNA, and disease / Reanne Frank -- Genetic claims and credibility : revisiting history and remaking race / Keith Wailoo, Catherine Lee, and Alondra Nelson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011023491
ISBN9780813552545 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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ISBN9780813553368 (ebook)
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Joyner General Stacks GN289 .G463 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold