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

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

by Michael Montoya (Author)

Synopsis

An ethnographic study that 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. It underscores the implications of geneticizing disease while illuminating the significance of type 2 diabetes research in American life.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 282
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 01 Apr 2011

ISBN 10: 0520267303
ISBN 13: 9780520267305