Category: Anthropology

  • Y-STR diversity and ethnic admixture in White and Mulatto Brazilian population samples Genetics and Molecular Biology (Former title: Brazilian Journal of Genetics) Volume 29, Number 4 (São Paulo  2006) pages 605-607 DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000400004 ISSN 1415-4757 Luzitano Brandão Ferreira Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil…

  • New Guinea: Racial Identity and Inclusion in the Stockbridge and Brothertown Indian Communities of New York New York History Volume 90, Number 3 (Summer 2009) 23 paragraphs Christopher Geherin In 1818 the Stockbridge Indians initiated a series of land sales to the state of New York in order to finance the relocation of the tribe…

  • Jamette Carnival and Afro-Caribbean Influences on the Work of Jean Rhys Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal Volume 3, Issue 2 (Fall 2005) 22 paragraphs ISSN 1547-7150 Cynthia Davis Most art critics would agree that since the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, African aesthetics have profoundly influenced twentieth century sculpture and painting. Literary critics have…

  • The term “race,” the way it is defined in forms, does not exist; the term “racism” is a reality University of Memphis Colloge of Arts & Sciences Archive (from an article in La Prensa Latina) 2004-03-08 Marcela Mendoza, Adjunct Instructor & Courtesy Research Associate Department of Anthropology University of Oregon The term “race” as defined…

  • Drawing on extensive anthropological fieldwork, Peter Wade shows how the concept of “blackness” and discrimination are deeply embedded in different social levels and contexts—from region to neighborhood, and from politics and economics to housing, marriage, music, and personal identity.

  • The influence of racial admixture in Egypt Eugenics Review Volume 7, Number 3 (October 1915) pages 168-183 G. Elliot Smith, Professor of Anatomy University of Manchester I suppose it is inevitable in these days that one trained in biological ways of thought should approach the problems of anthropology with the idea of evolution as his…

  • Where Do We Come From? Discover 2003-05-01 Kathleen McGowan Photography by Katy Grannan A new generation of DNA genealogists stand ready to unearth our ancestors. We may not like what they find. Brent Kennedy’s 19th-century ancestors stare out from his photo albums with dark eyes, high cheekbones, olive skin, and thick black hair—a genetic riddle…

  • Biohistorical approaches to “race” in the United States: Biological distances among African Americans, European Americans, and their ancestors† American Journal of Physical Anthropology Special Issue: Race Reconciled: How Biological Anthropologists View Human Variation Volume 139, Issue 1 (May 2009) pages 58-67 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20961 Heather J.H. Edgar, Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Human…

  • How race becomes biology: Embodiment of social inequality American Journal of Physical Anthropology Special Issue: Race Reconciled: How Biological Anthropologists View Human Variation Volume 139, Issue 1 (May 2009) pages 47–57 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20983 Clarence C. Gravlee, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Florida, Gainesville The current debate over racial inequalities in health is arguably the…

  • Note on the Skin-Colour of the Crosses Between Negro and White Biometrika Volume 6, Number 4 (March 1909) pages 348-353 DOI: 10.1093/biomet/6.4.348 Karl Pearson (1857-1936), F.R.S. Those who feel compelled at present to hold their final judgment with regard to Mendelism in suspense, who do not think the statistical proof of its generality by any…