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Revisiting race in a genomic age / edited by Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, and Sarah S. Richardson.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in medical anthropologyPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.Description: xv, 376 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0813543231 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813543239 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 081354324X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780813543246 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8 22
LOC classification:
  • GN269 .R48 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Race : past, present, and future / Jonathan Marks -- What genes are, and why there are no genes for race / John DupreÌ -- A social constructionist analysis of race / Sally Haslanger -- Individual ancestry inference and the reification of race as a biological phenomenon / Deborah A. Bolnick -- Race, ancestry, and medicine / Marcus W. Feldman and Richard C. Lewontin -- Will tomorrow's medicines work for everyone? / Sarah K. Tate and David B. Goldstein -- Patenting race in a genomic age / Jonathan Kahn -- The molecularization of race : U.S. health institutions, pharmacogenetics practice, and public science after the genome / Duana Fullwiley -- Tracking race in addiction research / Molly J. Dingel and Barbara A. Koenig -- Genetic ancestry and the search for personalized genetic histories / Mark D. Shriver and Rick A. Kittles -- Genetic genealogy : genetics meets the marketplace / Henry T. Greely -- Native-American-DNA.com : in search of Native American race and tribe / Kimberly Tallbear -- The factness of diaspora : the social sources of genetic genealogy / Alondra Nelson -- Moving beyond the two-race mantra / Pamela Sankar -- Cops, sports, and schools : how the news media frames coverage of genetics and race / Sally Lehrman -- Race without salvation : beyond the science/society divide in genomic studies of human diversity / Jenny Reardon -- The feasibility of government oversight of NIH-funded population genetics research / Jacqueline Stevens -- Racial realism and the discourse of responsibility for health disparities in a genomic age / Sandra Soo-Jin Lee.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Race : past, present, and future / Jonathan Marks -- What genes are, and why there are no genes for race / John DupreÌ -- A social constructionist analysis of race / Sally Haslanger -- Individual ancestry inference and the reification of race as a biological phenomenon / Deborah A. Bolnick -- Race, ancestry, and medicine / Marcus W. Feldman and Richard C. Lewontin -- Will tomorrow's medicines work for everyone? / Sarah K. Tate and David B. Goldstein -- Patenting race in a genomic age / Jonathan Kahn -- The molecularization of race : U.S. health institutions, pharmacogenetics practice, and public science after the genome / Duana Fullwiley -- Tracking race in addiction research / Molly J. Dingel and Barbara A. Koenig -- Genetic ancestry and the search for personalized genetic histories / Mark D. Shriver and Rick A. Kittles -- Genetic genealogy : genetics meets the marketplace / Henry T. Greely -- Native-American-DNA.com : in search of Native American race and tribe / Kimberly Tallbear -- The factness of diaspora : the social sources of genetic genealogy / Alondra Nelson -- Moving beyond the two-race mantra / Pamela Sankar -- Cops, sports, and schools : how the news media frames coverage of genetics and race / Sally Lehrman -- Race without salvation : beyond the science/society divide in genomic studies of human diversity / Jenny Reardon -- The feasibility of government oversight of NIH-funded population genetics research / Jacqueline Stevens -- Racial realism and the discourse of responsibility for health disparities in a genomic age / Sandra Soo-Jin Lee.

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