Making the Mexican diabetic : race, science, and the genetics of inequality /
Montoya, Michael J.,1965-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biological or social : allelic variation and the making of race in single nucleotide polymorphism-based research -- Genes and disease on the U.S.-Mexico border : the science of state formation in diabetes research -- Purity and danger : when one stands for many -- Collaboration and power : processing cultures and culturing data -- Recruiting race : commodification of Mexicana/o bodies from the U.S.-Mexico border -- Bioethnic conscription.
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
Mexican Americans
Genetics
Health and race
Diabetes
Medical anthropology.
Social medicine.