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Making the Mexican Diabetic: Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality Michael Montoya
Making the Mexican Diabetic: Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality
Michael Montoya
An ethnographic study that animates the racial politics that underlie genomic research into type 2 diabetes, one of the most widespread chronic diseases and one that affects ethnic groups disproportionately. It underscores the implications of geneticizing disease while illuminating the significance of type 2 diabetes research in American life.
282 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 3 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 18, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520267305 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 282 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 160 × 24 mm · 570 g |