Description: Peter Wade draws on a multidisciplinary research study in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia, arguing that genomics produces biologized versions of racialized difference within the nation and the region and that a comparative approach nuances the simple idea that highly racialized societies give rise to highly racialized genomics.
Review Quotes:
"This book will be of great interest to historians of race in Latin America, as it is one of the first to extend the considerable scholarship on mestizaje and racial democracy (with its attendant debates) into a new era of genetics and genomics.... By opening a host of research paths for other scholars, the monograph proves itself to be ambitious and well executed."
--Kelly Urban "H-LatAm, H-Net Reviews"