Permanent Markers: Race, Ancestry, and the Body After the Genome

by Sarah Abel

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469665158
• ISBN13: 9781469665153
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"