In genetics laboratories in Latin America, scientists have been
mapping the genomes of local populations, seeking to locate the
genetic basis of complex diseases and to trace population
histories. As part of their work, geneticists often calculate the
European, African, and Amerindian genetic ancestry of populations.
Some researchers explicitly connect their findings to questions of
national identity and racial and ethnic difference, bringing their
research to bear on issues of politics and identity. Drawing on
ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, the
contributors to Mestizo Genomics explore how the concepts of race,
ethnicity, nation, and gender enter into and are affected by
genomic research. In Latin America, national identities are often
based on ideas about mestizaje (race mixture), rather than racial
division. Since mestizaje is said to involve relations between
European men and indigenous or African women, gender is a key
factor in Latin American genomics and in the analyses in this book.
Also important are links between contemporary genomics and recent
moves toward official multiculturalism in Brazil, Colombia, and
Mexico. One of the first studies of its kind, Mestizo Genomics
sheds new light on the interrelations between "race," identity, and
genomics in Latin America. Contributors. Adriana Diaz del Castillo
H., Roosbelinda Cardenas, Vivette Garcia Deister, Verlan Valle
Gaspar Neto, Michael Kent, Carlos Lopez Beltran, Maria Fernanda
Olarte Sierra, Eduardo Restrepo, Mariana Rios Sandoval, Ernesto
Schwartz-Marin, Ricardo Ventura Santos, Peter Wade
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