TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abel,Sarah
TI  - Permanent markers: race, ancestry, and the body after the genome 
SN  - 9781469665146
AV  - CS21.3 ABE 
PY  - 2021///
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Genetic genealogy
KW  - United States
KW  - Brazil
KW  - DNA
KW  - Analysis
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Genomics
KW  - Human genetics
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Biotechnology industries
KW  - Race relations
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The world in our DNA -- Geno-myths -- The geneticist's dilemma -- Technologies of the self -- Marked bodies -- Essential origins -- Historically modified organisms
N2  - "Over the past twenty years, DNA ancestry testing has morphed from a niche market into a booming international industry that encourages members of the public to answer difficult questions about their identity by looking to the genome. At a time of intensified interest in issues of race and racism, the burgeoning influence of corporations like AncestryDNA and 23andMe has sparked debates about the commodification of identity, the antiracist potential of genetic science, and the promises and pitfalls of using DNA as a source of 'objective' knowledge about the past. This book engages these debates by looking at the ways genomic ancestry testing has been used in Brazil and the United States to address the histories and legacies of slavery, from personal genealogical projects to collective racial politics"--
ER  -