Catherine Nash
Genetic Geographies: The Trouble with Ancestry
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816690732
- author:
- Catherine Nash
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 2 x 21.6 cm
- Genre:
- Science & Nature, Earth Sciences & Geography, Education
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Genetic Geographies: The Trouble with Ancestry explores the implications of genetic studies for our understanding of difference and identity. Catherine Nash examines how genetic accounts of personal or shared ancestry can be problematic, particularly in relation to issues of sex, nation, and race.
The book brings a geographical focus to bear on new genetic histories and genealogy, tracing the tensions between emphasis on human genetic similarity and attention given to distinctive patterns of relatedness. Nash challenges assumptions about the progressive nature of shared ancestry concepts and extends her scrutiny to claims about natural differences between the sexes and reproduction.
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