Ancestry reimagined : dismantling the myth of genetic ethnicities

Ancestry reimagined : dismantling the myth of genetic ethnicities / Kostas Kampourakis.

"I begin the first chapter of the present book with definitions, because the concepts related to ancestry are often confused in the public discourse. Sometimes this is done because people do not pay attention to what exactly these concepts are about, and so use them interchangeably. For instanc...

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Main Author: Kampourakis, Kostas (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Ethnicity.
Race > Social aspects.
DNA > Analysis.
ethnicity.
DNA > Analysis
Ethnicity
Race > Social aspects
Society & culture: general.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. DNA ancestry testing: What it is and what people make of it
  • 2. Essentializing social groups: Nations
  • 3. From race to ethnicity in ancestry testing
  • 4. Genealogical and genetic ancestry
  • 5. Using DNA ancestry evidence to retrace history
  • 6. We are all Africans, ultimately
  • 7. More related than distinct
  • 8. Social constructs vs. "natural order"
  • 9. Separating DNA from culture
  • 10. Finding meaning in our ancestry testing.

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