In the blood
Subtitle: sickle cell anemia and the politics of race
By: Melbourne Tapper.
Series: Critical histories
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Sickle cell anemia -- Social aspects -- United States.; Sickle cell anemia -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; African Americans -- Diseases.
Description: "Although it strikes individuals from a variety of backgrounds, sickle cell anemia has been known throughout the twentieth century as a "black" disease. In the Blood looks at why this is, telling the story of the racialization of sickle cell anemia in the decades after its identification in 1910 until today."--BOOK JACKET.

"Tapper examines anthropological, genetic, medical, and political texts to illustrate how significant a role medical and anthropological constructs have played in shaping the way Africans and African Americans have been perceived and acted upon. Using some long-ignored materials, he outlines the predominant discourses on sickle cell anemia and race in the twentieth century.

In the Blood is both a fine example of writing against racism and a bold statement about the social construction of race and disease."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Notes: P. [127]-154.
Includes index.