An ethnographic study that animates the racial politics that underlie genomic research into type 2 diabetes, one of the most widespread chronic diseases and one that affects ethnic groups disproportionately. It underscores the implications of geneticizing disease while illuminating the significance of type 2 diabetes research in American life.

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Paperback, 10th Edition

ISBN13: 9780520267312

University of California Press, 2011

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