Gebundenes Buch

Racial Identities, Genetic Ancestry, and Health in South America

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay

Herausgegeben: Gibbon, S.; Santos, R.; Loparo, Kenneth A.

Beschreibung

The edited collection brings together social and biological anthropology scholars, biologists, and geneticists to examine the interface between Genetic Admixture, Identity and Health, directly contributing to an emerging field of 'bio-cultural anthropology.

Autor

SAHRA GIBBON has a Lectureship at University College London, UK.  MÓNICA SANS is Director in the Biological Anthropology Department at Universidad de la República, Uruguay. RICARDO VENTURA SANTOS is Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-11061-8
• 2011 edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780230110618
• ISBN-10: 0230110614
• Artikelnr.: 34224283

Rezensionen

"This is an exceedingly original, interesting, and very important work for anthropology. Its major strength is its conceptual sophistication and the potential to make a substantial, groundbreaking contribution in anthropology, science studies, and global health. This is bio-cultural anthropology at its best." - Jonathan Marks, Department of Anthropology, UNC-Charlotte"For those working in the field of medical/population genetics and bioethics in Brazil, this book is more than welcome. It raises sensitive issues daily present in our South American population, namely, the question of genetic admixture, its consequences for social and political life, and implications for health."

- Lavínia Schüler-Faccini, Genetics Department, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and José Roberto Goldim, head of the Bioethics Division at the Hospital de Clinicas, Porto Alegre, Brasil