The social life of DNA : race, reparations, and reconciliation after the genome / Alondra Nelson.

  • Nelson, Alondra
Date:
[2016]
  • Books

About this work

Description

"The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America, "--NoveList.

Publication/Creation

Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]

Physical description

xiii, 200 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-192) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Reconciliation projects -- Ground work -- Game changer -- The pursuit of African ancestry -- Roots revelations -- Acts of reparation -- The Rosa Parks of the reparation litigation movement -- DNA diasporas -- Racial politics.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AOT.U.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780807033012
  • 0807033014