Title: In the blood
First published: January 1998
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.
Subjects: Sickle cell anemia, Social aspects of Sickle cell anemia, Social aspects, History, African Americans, Diseases, Race Relations, Black People
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: RA645.S53 T37 1999