Genetic nature/culture : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide / edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath, and M. Susan Lindee.
by
Goodman, Alan H., editor.
ISBN
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9780520929975
9780585456348
9781597346313
Title
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Genetic nature/culture : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide / edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath, and M. Susan Lindee.
Author
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Goodman, Alan H., editor.
Publication Information
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages)
General Note
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Papers presented at a Wenner-Gren Foundation international symposium, held June 11-19, 1999 in Teresopolis, Brazil.
Contents
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Anthropology and the age of genetics: practice, discourse, and critique / M. Susan Lindee, Alan Goodman, and Deborah Heath -- Indigenous peoples, changing social and political landscapes, and human genetics in Amazonia / Ricardo Ventura Santos -- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's fieldwork with the old order Amish / M. Susan Lindee -- Flexible eugenics: technologies of the self in the age of genetics / Karen-Sue Taussig, Rayna Rapp, and Deborah Heath -- The commodification of virtual reality: the Icelandic health sector database / Hilary Rose -- Kinship, genes, and cloning: life after Dolly / Sarah Franklin -- For the love of a good dog: webs of action in the world of dog genetics / Donna Haraway -- 98% chimpanzee and 35% daffodil: the human genome in evolutionary and cultural context / Jonathan Marks -- From pure genes to GMOs: transnationalized gene landscapes in the biodiversity and transgenic food networks / Chaia Heller and Arturo Escobar -- Future imaginaries: genome scientists as sociocultural entrepreneurs / Joan H. Fujimura -- Reflections and prospects for anthropological genetics in South Africa / Himla Soodyall -- The genetics of African Americans: implications for disease gene mapping and identity / Rick Kittles and Charmaine Royal -- Human races in the context of recent human evolution: a molecular genetic perspective / Alan R. Templeton -- Buried alive: the concept of race in science / Troy Duster -- The good, the bad, and the ugly: promise and problems of ancient DNA for anthropology / Frederika A. Kaestle.
Local Note
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject Term
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Human population genetics -- Congresses.
Human genetics -- Research -- Congresses.
Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.
Anthropological ethics -- Congresses.
Genetics, Population -- trends.
Anthropology.
Bioethical Issues.
Added Author
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Goodman, Alan H.,
Heath, Deborah, 1952-
Lindee, M. Susan,
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2003
Publication Information
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
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599.935 21 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |