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Informationen zum Autor Alan H. Goodman is Professor of Biological Anthropology at Hampshire College. Deborah Heath is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Lewis and Clark College. M. Susan Lindee is Professor of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext " Genetic Nature/Culture presents an engaging, intelligent, and, above all, necessary conversation within and beyond anthropology. These essays, diverse yet always mutually engaged, move past often-assumed intellectual boundaries in innovative and principled ways. They simultaneously shape, map, and challenge our understandings of the complex common ground on which genetics, culture, and history intersect—and, in so doing, help point toward a critical role for anthropology, now and in the future."—Don Brenneis, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz "The editors have carefully and coherently organized the book to shed light on the complex interplay of biology, culture, ideology and myth—on the ‘tangled politics’ of nature and culture in the increasingly contentious age of genetics."—Dorothy Nelkin, author (with Suzanne Anker) of The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age Zusammenfassung The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious than in the realm of genetics. A constructive response, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct a dialogue that bridges the science/culture divide. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Foreword Sydel Silverman Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction. Anthropology in an Age of Genetics: Practice! Discourse! and Critique M. Susan Lindee! Alan Goodman! and Deborah Heath NATURE/CULTURE Human Populations/Genetic Resources 1. Indigenous Peoples! Changing Social and Political Landscapes! and Human Genetics in Amazonia Ricardo Ventura Santos 2. Provenance and the Pedigree: Victor McKusick's Fieldwork with the Old Order Amish M. Susan Lindee 3. Flexible Eugenics: Technologies of the Self in the Age of Genetics Karen-Sue Taussig! Rayna Rapp! and Deborah Heath 4. The Commodification of Virtual Reality: The Icelandic Health Sector Database Hilary Rose Animal Species/Genetic Resources 5. Kinship! Genes! and Cloning: Life after Dolly Sarah Franklin 6. For the Love of a Good Dog: Webs of Action in the World of Dog Genetics Donna Haraway 7. 98% Chimpanzee and 35% Daffodil: The Human Genome in Evolutionary and Cultural Context Jonathan Marks CULTURE/NATURE Political and Cultural Identity 8. From Pure Genes to GMOs: Transnationalized Gene Landscapes in the Biodiversity and Transgenic Food Networks Chaia Heller and Arturo Escobar 9. Future Imaginaries: Genome Scientists as Sociocultural Entrepreneurs Joan H. Fujimura 10. Reflections and Prospects for Anthropological Genetics in South Africa Himla Soodyall Race and Human Variation 11. The Genetics of African Americans: Implications for Disease Gene Mapping and Identity Rick Kittles and Charmaine Royal 12. Human Races in the Context of Recent Human Evolution: A Molecular Genetic Perspective Alan R. Templeton 13. Buried Alive: The Concept of Race in Science Troy Duster 14. The Good! the Bad! and the Ugly: Promise and Problems of Ancient DNA for Anthropology Frederika A. Kaestle List of Contributors Index ...
