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Book Title
Race, Ethnicity and Nation : Perspectives from Kinship and Geneti
ISBN
9781845456818

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1845456815
ISBN-13
9781845456818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73454739

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
210 Pages
Publication Name
Race, Ethnicity, and Nation : Perspectives from Kinship and Genetics
Language
English
Subject
Ethnic Studies / General, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / Physical, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Author
Peter Wade
Subject Area
Social Science, Science, Medical
Series
Rethinking Biosocial Anthropology Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-285586
Reviews
"The highlight of this collection is the depth and consistency of its comparative approach;... A further point of interest in this collection is the significant attention to media sources that the authors give."   ·  American Ethnologist "This collection fulfils its aim of broadening the terms and contexts of current debate...It is...recommended to scholars interested in human relatedness in its different forms and particularly those working at the intersections between relatedness and development in bioscience."   ·   Journal of Biosocial Science "Rich with examples, taken together this volume extends in important ways our understanding of race, ethnicity, and nation through the perspective of kinship, conceived as entailing, as Wade puts it, 'a constant traffic between natural and cultural idioms'."   ·  JRAI, "The highlight of this collection is the depth and consistency of its comparative approach;... A further point of interest in this collection is the significant attention to media sources that the authors give."     American Ethnologist "This collection fulfils its aim of broadening the terms and contexts of current debate...It is...recommended to scholars interested in human relatedness in its different forms and particularly those working at the intersections between relatedness and development in bioscience."      Journal of Biosocial Science "Rich with examples, taken together this volume extends in important ways our understanding of race, ethnicity, and nation through the perspective of kinship, conceived as entailing, as Wade puts it, 'a constant traffic between natural and cultural idioms'."     JRAI, "The highlight of this collection is the depth and consistency of its comparative approach;... A further point of interest in this collection is the significant attention to media sources that the authors give." American Ethnologist "This collection fulfils its aim of broadening the terms and contexts of current debate...It is...recommended to scholars interested in human relatedness in its different forms and particularly those working at the intersections between relatedness and development in bioscience." Journal of Biosocial Science "Rich with examples, taken together this volume extends in important ways our understanding of race, ethnicity, and nation through the perspective of kinship, conceived as entailing, as Wade puts it, 'a constant traffic between natural and cultural idioms'." JRAI
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
1
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.8
Table Of Content
Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Race, Ethnicity and Nation: Perspectives from Kinship and Genetics Peter Wade Chapter 2. Race, Genetics and Inheritance: Reflections upon the Birth of 'Black' Twins to a 'White' IVF Mother Katharine Tyler Chapter 3. Race, Biology and Culture in Contemporary Norway: Identity and Belonging in Adoption, Donor Gametes and Immigration Signe Howell and Marit Melhuus Chapter 4. 'I want her to learn her language and maintain her culture.' Transnational Adoptive Families' Views of 'Cultural Origins' Diana Marre Chapter 5. Racialization, Genes and the Reinventions of Nation in Europe Ben Campbell Chapter 6. Kinship, Language and the Dynamics of Race: The Basque Case Enric Porqueres i Gené Chapter 7. The Transmission of Ethnicity: Family and State - A Lithuanian Perspective Darius Dauksas Chapter 8. Media Storylines of Culturally Hybrid Persons and Nation Ben Campbell Glossary Index
Synopsis
Race, ethnicity and nation are all intimately linked to family and kinship, yet these links deserve closer attention than they usually get in social science, above all when family and kinship are changing rapidly in the context of genomic and biotechnological revolutions. Drawing on data from assisted reproduction, transnational adoption, mixed race families, Basque identity politics and post-Soviet nation-building, this volume provides new and challenging ways to understand race, ethnicity and nation., Race, ethnicity and nation are all intimately linked to familyand kinship, yet these links deserve closer attention than theyusually get in social science, above all when family and kinshipare changing rapidly in the context of genomic andbiotechnological revolutions. Drawing on data from assistedreproduction, transnational adoption, ......
LC Classification Number
GN269 .R334 2007

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