Permanent markers : race, ancestry, and the body after the genome / Sarah Abel
- Author
- Abel, Sarah (Cultural anthropologist)
- Additional Titles
- Race, ancestry, and the body after the genome
- Published
- [Chapel Hil, N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations, maps
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- 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"--
- Subject(s)
- Genetic genealogy—United States
- Genetic genealogy—Brazil
- DNA—Analysis—Social aspects
- Genomics—Social aspects
- Human genetics—Social aspects
- Identity (Psychology)
- Biotechnology industries—Social aspects
- Généalogie génétique—États-Unis
- Généalogie génétique—Brésil
- ADN—Analyse—Aspect social
- Génomique—Aspect social
- Génétique humaine—Aspect social
- Identité (Psychologie)
- Bio-industries—Aspect social
- HISTORY / African American
- Race relations
- Genetic genealogy
- United States—Race relations—History
- Brazil—Race relations—History
- États-Unis—Relations raciales—Histoire
- United States
- Brazil
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781469665177 electronic book
1469665174 electronic book
9781469665146 hardcover
146966514X hardcover
9781469665153 paperback
1469665158 paperback - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Biographical or Historical Sketch
- Sarah Abel is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre of Latin American Studies.
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