Mestizo genomics : race mixture, nation, and science in Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Wade, Peter, 1957-, López Beltrán, Carlos, 1957-, Restrepo, Eduardo, Santos, Ricardo Ventura, 1964-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Mestizos > Latin America. Latin America > Race relations > History. Genomics > Social aspects > Latin America.

Table of Contents:

From "degeneration" to "meeting point" : historical views on race, mixture, and the biological diversity of the Brazilian population / Ricardo Ventura Santos, Michael Kent, and Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto
Nation and difference in the genetic imagination of Colombia / Eduardo Restrepo, Ernesto Schwartz-Marín, and Roosbelinda Cárdenas
Negotiating the Mexican mestizo : on the possibility of a national genomics / Carlos López Beltrán, Vivette García Deister, and Mariana Rios Sandoval
"The Charrua are alive" : the genetic resurrection of extinct indigenous populations in southern Brazil / Michael Kent and Ricardo Ventura Santos
From the lab to the literature : the travels of humans, categories, and other genetic products : a case study of the practice of population genetics in Colombia / María Fernanda Olarte Sierra and Adriana Díaz del Castillo H.
Laboratory life of the Mexican mestizo / Vivette García Deister
Social categories and laboratory practices in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico : a comparative overview / Peter Wade, Vivette García Deister, Michael Kent, and María Fernanda Olarte Sierra.