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8 Biotechnological Cults of Affliction?
Race, Rationality and Enchantment in Personal Genomic Histories
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements VI
- Contents VIII
- Introduction Ideas in Motion 1
- 1 ‘Race’ as a Social Construction in Genetics 30
- 2 Mobile Identities and Fixed Categories 53
- 3 Race, Kinship and the Ambivalence of Identity 79
- 4 Identity, DNA and the State in Post-Dictatorship Argentina 97
- 5 ‘Do You Have Celtic, Jewish or Germanic Roots?’ 116
- 6 Irish DNA 141
- 7 Genomics en Route 167
- 8 Biotechnological Cults of Affliction? 193
- Notes on Contributors 213
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements VI
- Contents VIII
- Introduction Ideas in Motion 1
- 1 ‘Race’ as a Social Construction in Genetics 30
- 2 Mobile Identities and Fixed Categories 53
- 3 Race, Kinship and the Ambivalence of Identity 79
- 4 Identity, DNA and the State in Post-Dictatorship Argentina 97
- 5 ‘Do You Have Celtic, Jewish or Germanic Roots?’ 116
- 6 Irish DNA 141
- 7 Genomics en Route 167
- 8 Biotechnological Cults of Affliction? 193
- Notes on Contributors 213
- Index 217