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

Description: This innovative ethnographic study 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. Michael J. Montoya follows blood donations from "Mexican-American" donors to laboratories that are searching out genetic contributions to diabetes. His analysis lays bare the politics and ethics of the research process, addressing the implicit contradiction of undertaking genetic research that reinscribes race's importance even as it is being demonstrated to have little scientific validity. In placing DNA sampling, processing, data set sharing, and carefully crafted science into a broader social context, "Making the Mexican Diabetic" underscores the implications of geneticizing disease while illuminating the significance of type 2 diabetes research in American life.

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EAN: 9780520267312

UPC: 9780520267312

ISBN: 9780520267312

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Number of Pages: 282 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Making the Mexican Diabetic : Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality

Publisher: University of California Press

Publication Year: 2011

Subject: Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Health Care Delivery, Emigration & Immigration, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Health Policy, Disease & Health Issues

Item Height: 0.7 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 14.4 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Michael Montoya

Subject Area: Social Science, Science, Medical

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback