Making the Mexican diabetic race, science, and the genetics of inequality

Making the Mexican diabetic : race, science, and the genetics of inequality / Michael J. Montoya.

Author/creator	Montoya, Michael J., 1965-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkley : University of California Press,
Description	xxi, 259 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Type 2 diabetes--Mexico --Genetic aspects. Mexican Americans--Health and hygiene. Genetics--Research --Social aspects. Health and race--United States. Diabetes--Social aspects. Medical anthropology. Social medicine. Diabetes Mellitus--ethnology --Mexico. Diabetes Mellitus--ethnology --United States. Genetic Research--Mexico. Genetic Research--United States. Indians, North American--ethnology --Mexico. Indians, North American--ethnology --United States. Mexican Americans--ethnology --Mexico. Mexican Americans--ethnology --United States. Risk Factors--Mexico. Risk Factors--United States. Socioeconomic Factors--Mexico. Socioeconomic Factors--United States.

Contents	Biological or social : allelic variation and the making of race in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) based research -- Genes and disease on the US/Mexico border : the science of state formation in diabetes research -- Purity and danger : when one stands for many -- Collaboration and power -- Recruiting race : commodification of Mexicana/o bodies from the US/Mexico border -- Bioethnic conscriptions.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-246) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010038017
ISBN	9780520267305 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780520267312 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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