Making the Mexican Diabetic - Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality

Zusatztext "Timely. . . . [Montoya's] critique that race and ethnicity are socially constructed is well taken." Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Montoya is Associate Professor of Anthropology! Chicano/Latino Studies & Public Health at the University of California! Irvine. Klappentext " Making the Mexican Diabetic presents a finely-honed ethnography. Montoya is particularly attuned to the sensitivity and conundrums surrounding the use of DNA drawn from a population at high risk of diabetes! and he makes a strong case for understanding the rational value behind this approach as well as its potential reinforcement of racial stereotypes. This is a unique and important book."- Rayna Rapp! author of Testing Women! Testing the Fetus: The Social Impact of Amniocentesis in America "This is a fascinating! broad-ranging! and fair-minded ethnography. In the best tradition of science studies! Montoya takes the scientific research seriously on its own terms. Yet he always brings us back to the sociopolitical context! including the tremendous conditions of inequality that Mexican immigrants encounter in the United States." -Steven Epstein! Northwestern University Zusammenfassung An ethnographic study that 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. It underscores the implications of geneticizing disease while illuminating the significance of type 2 diabetes research in American life.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Montoya, Montoya Michael
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2011
• EAN: 9780520267312
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26731-2
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, Mexico, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, MEDICAL / Public Health, Personal & public health, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Personal and public health / health education, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General