Racial Identities, Genetic Ancestry, and Health in South America

SAHRA GIBBON has a Lectureship at University College London, UK.  MÓNICA SANS is Director in the Biological Anthropology Department at Universidad de la República, Uruguay. RICARDO VENTURA SANTOS is Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Preface; N.Redclift PART I: DOING AND DEFINING "BIO-CULTURAL" ANTHROPOLOGY AS APPLIED TO GENETICS Anthropology, Race, and the Dilemmas of Identity in the Age of Genomics; R.Ventura Santos  & M.Chor Maio The Inexistence of Biology Verses the Existence of Social Races: Can Science Inform Society?; S.D.J.Pena  & T.S.Birchal Ethics/Bioethics and Anthropological Fieldwork; A.L.Caratini PART II: ADMIXTURE MAPPING AND GENOMICS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND BEYOND Admixture Dynamics in Hispanics: A Shift in the Nuclear Genetic Ancestry of a South American Population Isolate; L.Ruiz Pharmacogenetic Studies in the Brazilian Population; G.Suarez-Kurtz  & S.D.J.Pena Admixture Mapping and Genetic Technologies; B.Bertoni The Significance of Sickle Cell Anemia within the Context of the Brazilian Government's 'Racial Policies' (1995-2004); P.H.Fry   PART III: GENETIC ADMIXTURE HISTORY, NATIONHOOD AND IDENTITY IN SOUTH AMERICA Gene Admixture and Type of Marriage in a Sample of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area; F.R.Carnese Ethnic/Race Self-Adscription, Genetics, and National Identity in Uruguay; M.Sans Forced Disappearance and Suppresion of Identity of Children in Argentina: Experiences after Genetic Identification; V.B.Penchaszadeh Molecular Vignettes of the Columbian Nation: The Place of Race and Ethnicity in Networks of Biocapital; C.A.Barrigan Afterward/Commentaries; R.Rapp, T.Disotell, M.Montoya  & P.Wade

"This is an exceedingly original, interesting, and very important work for anthropology. Its major strength is its conceptual sophistication and the potential to make a substantial, groundbreaking contribution in anthropology, science studies, and global health. This is bio-cultural anthropology at its best." - Jonathan Marks, Department of Anthropology, UNC-Charlotte"For those working in the field of medical/population genetics and bioethics in Brazil, this book is more than welcome. It raises sensitive issues daily present in our South American population, namely, the question of genetic admixture, its consequences for social and political life, and implications for health."- Lavínia Schüler-Faccini, Genetics Department, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and José Roberto Goldim, head of the Bioethics Division at the Hospital de Clinicas, Porto Alegre, Brasil