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Author:
Doucet-Battle, James, author.
Title:
Sweetness in the blood : race, risk, and type 2 diabetes / James Doucet-Battle.
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xviii, 208 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
Type 2 diabetes--Genetic aspects.
African Americans--Health and hygiene.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Medical anthropology.
Diabète non insulinodépendant--Aspect génétique.
Noirs américains--Santé et hygiène.
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales.
Type 2 diabetes--Genetic aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Conclusion : the racialized pancreas : toward biosocial justice. The at-risk ethnographer of sweetness -- Sweet blood : inventing the prediabetic -- Algorithms of risk and race : recruiting Black risk and marketing Black bodies -- A dark past in present light : the Black church, medicine, and trust -- The ascension of the Black matriarch : the search for metabolic Africa -- Conclusion : the racialized pancreas : toward biosocial justice.
Summary:
"James Doucet-Battle offers an important critical examination of the assumptions behind the recruitment of African American and African-descent populations for Type 2 diabetes research"-- Provided by publisher
ISBN:
1517908493
9781517908492
1517908485
9781517908485
LCCN:
2020055823
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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