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Author Abel, Sarah (Cultural anthropologist), author.

Title Permanent markers : race, ancestry, and the body after the genome / Sarah Abel
Published [Chapel Hil, NC] : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The world in our DNA -- Geno-myths -- The geneticist's dilemma -- Technologies of the self -- Marked bodies -- Essential origins -- Historically modified organisms
Summary "Over the past twenty years, DNA ancestry testing has morphed from a niche market into a booming international industry that encourages members of the public to answer difficult questions about their identity by looking to the genome. At a time of intensified interest in issues of race and racism, the burgeoning influence of corporations like AncestryDNA and 23andMe has sparked debates about the commodification of identity, the antiracist potential of genetic science, and the promises and pitfalls of using DNA as a source of 'objective' knowledge about the past. This book engages these debates by looking at the ways genomic ancestry testing has been used in Brazil and the United States to address the histories and legacies of slavery, from personal genealogical projects to collective racial politics"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Sarah Abel is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre of Latin American Studies
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Subject Genetic genealogy -- United States
Genetic genealogy -- Brazil
DNA -- Analysis -- Social aspects
Genomics -- Social aspects
Human genetics -- Social aspects
Identity (Psychology)
Biotechnology industries -- Social aspects
HISTORY / African American
Race relations
Identity (Psychology)
Human genetics -- Social aspects
Genomics -- Social aspects
Genetic genealogy
Biotechnology industries -- Social aspects
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History
Brazil -- Race relations -- History
Subject United States
Brazil
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469665177
1469665174
Other Titles Race, ancestry, and the body after the genome