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In the blood : sickle cell anemia and the politics of race / Melbourne Tapper.

Title
In the blood : sickle cell anemia and the politics of race / Melbourne Tapper.
Author
Tapper, Melbourne.

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Tapper, Melbourne.
Description
163 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
  • "Although it strikes individuals from a variety of backgrounds, sickle cell anemia has been known throughout the twentieth century as a "black" disease. In the Blood looks at why this is, telling the story of the racialization of sickle cell anemia in the decades after its identification in 1910 until today."--BOOK JACKET.
  • "Tapper examines anthropological, genetic, medical, and political texts to illustrate how significant a role medical and anthropological constructs have played in shaping the way Africans and African Americans have been perceived and acted upon. Using some long-ignored materials, he outlines the predominant discourses on sickle cell anemia and race in the twentieth century.
  • In the Blood is both a fine example of writing against racism and a bold statement about the social construction of race and disease."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • African Americans > Diseases
  • African Continental Ancestry Group
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell
  • Race Relations > history
  • Sickle cell anemia > United States > History > 20th century
  • United States
ISBN
0812234715 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98030061
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries