Back to the Future? The Emergence of a Geneticized Conceptualization of Race in Sociology

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 661, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-64

  Frank, Reanne ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological reductionism; ethnicity; genetics; race; social construction; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938946023     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716215590775     Document Type: Article

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