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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956923803321

Autore

TallBear Kimberly

Titolo

Native American DNA : tribal belonging and the false promise of genetic science

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : University of Minnesota Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8166-8577-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 pages)

Disciplina

970.004/97

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Anthropometry - North America

Human population genetics - North America

DNA fingerprinting - North America

Genetic genealogy

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Ethnic & Race Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: An Indigenous, Feminist Approach to DNA Politics -- 1. Racial Science, Blood, and DNA -- 2. The DNA Dot-com: Selling Ancestry -- 3. Genetic Genealogy Online -- 4. The Genographic Project: The Business of Research and Representation -- CONCLUSION: Indigenous and Genetic Governance and Knowledge -- NOTES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Because today's DNA testing seems so compelling and powerful, increasing numbers of Native Americans have begun to believe their own metaphors: "in our blood" is giving way to "in our DNA." In Native American DNA, Kim TallBear shows how Native American claims to land, resources, and sovereignty that have taken generations to ratify may be seriously--and permanently--undermined.