The genomic challenge to the social construction of race

Sociological Theory

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-88

  Shiao, Jiannbin Lee ^a   Bode, Thomas ^a   Beyer, Amber ^b   Selvig, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Auxiliares de Conversación   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ancestry; ethnicity; genetics; genomics; Race; racial formation; social construction; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874589035     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: 14679558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0735275112448053     Document Type: Article

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