Beyond fact or fiction: On the materiality of race in practice

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-442

  M'Charek, Amade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fiction; Forensic genetics; Genetic genealogy; Material semiotics; Medical practice; Race; Relationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881019539     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12012     Document Type: Article

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