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Auteur(s) : Morning, Ann (1968-....)
Titre(s) : The nature of race [Texte imprimé] : how scientists think and teach about human difference / Ann Morning
Publication : Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011
Description matérielle : xiii, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Comprend : What is race? ; What do we know about scientific and popular concepts of race? ;
Textbook race: lessons on human difference ; Teaching race: scientists on human difference
; Learning race: students on human difference ; Race concepts beyond the classroom
; The redemption of essentialism.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-303) and index
What do Americans think "race" means? What determines one's race, appearance, ancestry,
genes, or culture? How do education, government, and business influence our views
on race? To unravel these complex questions, the author takes a close look at how
scientists are influencing ideas about race through teaching and textbooks. Drawing
from in-depth interviews with biologists, anthropologists, and undergraduates, she
explores different conceptions of race, finding for example, that while many sociologists
now assume that race is a social invention or "construct," anthropologists and biologists
are far from such a consensus. She discusses powerful new genetic accounts of race,
and considers how corporations and the government use scientific research, for example,
in designing DNA ancestry tests or census questionnaires, in ways that often reinforce
the idea that race is biologically determined. Widening the debate about race beyond
the pages of scholarly journals, this book dissects competing definitions in straightforward
language to reveal the logic and assumptions underpinning today's claims about human
difference
Sujet(s) : Race
Racisme en éducation
Racisme -- Étude et enseignement
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780520270305 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0520270304 (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780520270312
(pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0520270312 (pbk.) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42606154f
Notice n° :
FRBNF42606154
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