Description
This innovative ethnographic study 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. Michael J. Montoya follows blood donations from "Mexican-American" donors to laboratories that are searching out genetic contributions to diabetes. His analysis lays bare the politics and ethics of the research process, addressing the implicit contradiction of undertaking genetic research that reinscribes race's importance even as it is being demonstrated to have little scientific validity. In placing DNA sampling, processing, data set sharing, and carefully crafted science into a broader social context, Making the Mexican Diabetic underscores the implications of geneticizing disease while illuminating the significance of type 2 diabetes research in American life.
Author: Michael Montoya
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/18/2011
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520267312
ISBN10: 0520267311
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Genetics
- Medical | Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
Author: Michael Montoya
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/18/2011
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520267312
ISBN10: 0520267311
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Genetics
- Medical | Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
About the Author
Michael J. Montoya is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Chicano/Latino Studies & Public Health at the University of California, Irvine.