GENETIC NATURE/CULTURE

Anthropology and Science beyond the Two-Culture Divide





Libro editado por Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath y M. Susan Lindee (2003)


Indice

introduction.
Anthropology in an Age of Genetics: Practice, Discourse, and Critique
M. Susan Lindee, Alan Goodman, and Deborah Heath

part i. nature/culture

Section A. Human Populations/Genetic Resources
1. Indigenous Peoples, Changing Social and Political Landscapes, and Human Genetics in Amazonia
Ricardo Ventura Santos
2. Provenance and the Pedigree: Victor McKusick’s Fieldwork with the Old Order Amish
M. Susan Lindee
3. Flexible Eugenics: Technologies of the Self in the Age of Genetics
Karen-Sue Taussig, Rayna Rapp, and Deborah Heath
4. The Commodification of Virtual Reality: The Icelandic Health Sector Database
Hilary Rose

Section B. Animal Species/Genetic Resources
5. Kinship, Genes, and Cloning: Life after Dolly
Sarah Franklin
6. For the Love of a Good Dog: Webs of Action in the World of Dog Genetics
Donna Haraway
7. 98% Chimpanzee and 35% Daffodil: The Human Genome in Evolutionary and Cultural Context
Jonathan Marks

part ii. culture/nature

Section A. Political and Cultural Identity
8. From Pure Genes to GMOs: Transnationalized Gene Landscapes in the Biodiversity and Transgenic Food Networks
Chaia Heller and Arturo Escobar
9. Future Imaginaries: Genome Scientists as Sociocultural Entrepreneurs
Joan H. Fujimura
10. Reflections and Prospects for Anthropological Genetics in South Africa
Himla Soodyall

Section B. Race and Human Variation
11. The Genetics of African Americans: Implications for Disease Gene Mapping and Identity
Rick Kittles and Charmaine Royal
12. Human Races in the Context of Recent Human Evolution: A Molecular Genetic Perspective
Alan R. Templeton
13. Buried Alive: The Concept of Race in Science
Troy Duster
14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Promise and Problems of Ancient DNA for Anthropology
Frederika A. Kaestle