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Making the Mexican diabetic: race, science, and the genetics of inequality

2011 The Regents of the University of California ;ISBN: 0520267311 ;ISBN: 9780520267305 ;ISBN: 0520949005 ;ISBN: 0520267303 ;ISBN: 9780520949003 ;ISBN: 9780520267312 ;EISBN: 9780520949003 ;EISBN: 0520949005 ;OCLC: 704258032 ;LCCallNum: RA645.D5

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Title:
Making the Mexican diabetic: race, science, and the genetics of inequality
Author: Montoya, Michael J
Subjects: Diabetes Mellitus ; Ethnology ; Genetic aspects ; Genetic Research ; Genetics ; Health and hygiene ; Indians of North America ; Indians, North American ; Mexican Americans ; Mexico ; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes ; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes - Mexico - Genetic aspects ; Risk Factors ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Sociology ; United States
Description: 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. Michael J. Montoya follows blood donations from "Mexican-American" donors to laboratories that are searching out genetic contributions to diabetes. His analysis lays bare the politics and ethics of the research process, addressing the implicit contradiction of undertaking genetic research that reinscribes race's importance even as it is being demonstrated to have little scientific validity. In placing DNA sampling, processing, data set sharing, and carefully crafted science into a broader social context, Making the Mexican Diabetic underscores the implications of geneticizing disease while illuminating the significance of type 2 diabetes research in American life.
Publisher: Berkeley: University of California Press
Creation Date: 2011
Format: 283
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 0520267311
ISBN: 9780520267305
ISBN: 0520949005
ISBN: 0520267303
ISBN: 9780520949003
ISBN: 9780520267312
EISBN: 9780520949003
EISBN: 0520949005
OCLC: 704258032
LCCallNum: RA645.D5
Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete

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Making the Mexican diabetic: race, science, and the genetics of inequality

2011 The Regents of the University of California ;ISBN: 0520267311 ;ISBN: 9780520267305 ;ISBN: 0520949005 ;ISBN: 0520267303 ;ISBN: 9780520949003 ;ISBN: 9780520267312 ;EISBN: 9780520949003 ;EISBN: 0520949005 ;OCLC: 704258032 ;LCCallNum: RA645.D5

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