{"id":18642,"date":"2011-12-02T03:02:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T03:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=18642"},"modified":"2012-03-04T19:54:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T19:54:32","slug":"racial-identities-genetic-ancestry-and-health-in-south-america-argentina-brazil-colombia-and-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=18642","title":{"rendered":"Racial Identities, Genetic Ancestry, and Health in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Racial Identities, Genetic Ancestry, and Health in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Palgrave Macmillan<\/a>
\nOctober 2011
\n272 pages
\nIncludes: 10 pages of figures, 10 pages of tables
\n5.500 x 8.250 inches
\nISBN: 978-0-230-11061-8, ISBN10: 0-230-11061-4<\/p>\n

Edited by<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sahra Gibbon<\/a><\/strong>, Wellcome Trust Fellow
\nDepartment of Social Anthropology
\nUniversity College London<\/em><\/p>\n

Ricardo Ventura Santos<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Biological Anthropology and Public Health
\nOswaldo Cruz Foundation
\n<\/em>also Associate professor of Anthropology
\nNational Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/em><\/p>\n

M\u00f3nica Sans<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor and Director of the Biological Anthropology Department
\nUniversity de la Republic in Uruguay<\/em><\/p>\n

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This unique edited collection brings together biologists, geneticists, and social and biological anthropologists to examine the connections between genetics, identity, and health in South America. It addresses a wide range of theoretical issues raised by the rapid changes in the field of genetic sciences. Contributors come from Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, the UK, and the United States, providing a comparative cultural perspective for scholars, researchers, and students.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n