| Description |
1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The world in our DNA -- Geno-myths -- The geneticist's dilemma -- Technologies of the self -- Marked bodies -- Essential origins -- Historically modified organisms. |
| Summary |
"Over the past twenty years, DNA ancestry testing has morphed from a niche market into a booming international industry that encourages members of the public to answer difficult questions about their identity by looking to the genome. At a time of intensified interest in issues of race and racism, the burgeoning influence of corporations like AncestryDNA and 23andMe has sparked debates about the commodification of identity, the antiracist potential of genetic science, and the promises and pitfalls of using DNA as a source of 'objective' knowledge about the past. This book engages these debates by looking at the ways genomic ancestry testing has been used in Brazil and the United States to address the histories and legacies of slavery, from personal genealogical projects to collective racial politics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Sarah Abel is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre of Latin American Studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Genetic genealogy -- United States.
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Genetic genealogy -- Brazil.
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DNA -- Analysis -- Social aspects.
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Genomics -- Social aspects.
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Human genetics -- Social aspects.
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Identity (Psychology)
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Biotechnology industries -- Social aspects.
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
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Brazil -- Race relations -- History.
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HISTORY / African American |
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Race relations. |
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Identity (Psychology) |
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Human genetics -- Social aspects. |
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Genomics -- Social aspects. |
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Genetic genealogy. |
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Biotechnology industries -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Brazil. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Title |
Race, ancestry, and the body after the genome |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Abel, Sarah (Cultural anthropologist). Permanent markers. [Chapel Hil, NC] : University of North Carolina Press, [2021] 9781469665146 (DLC) 2021046312 (OCoLC)1244882262 |
| ISBN |
9781469665177 electronic book |
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1469665174 electronic book |
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9781469665146 hardcover |
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146966514X hardcover |
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9781469665153 paperback |
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1469665158 paperback |
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