In the Blood
Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race (Critical Histories)
by Melbourne Tapper
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"Although it strikes individuals from a variety of backgrounds, sickle cell anemia has been known throughout the twentieth century as a "black" disease. In the Blood looks at why this is, telling the story of the racialization of sickle cell anemia in the decades after its identification in 1910 until today."--BOOK JACKET.
"Tapper examines anthropological, genetic, medical, and political texts to illustrate how significant a role medical and anthropological constructs have played in shaping the way Africans and African Americans have been perceived and acted upon. Using some long-ignored materials, he outlines the predominant discourses on sickle cell anemia and race in the twentieth century.
In the Blood is both a fine example of writing against racism and a bold statement about the social construction of race and disease."--BOOK JACKET.
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Sickle cell anemia, Social aspects of Sickle cell anemia, Social aspects, History, African Americans, Diseases, Race Relations, Black PeoplePlaces
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In the blood: sickle cell anemia and the politics of race
1999, University of Pennsylvania Press
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In the Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race (Critical Histories)
January 1998, University of Pennsylvania Press
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"Medical historian David McBride's account of the response of the medical community and the national health agencies in the United States to the tuberculosis epidemic, which ravaged the African community in the first half of the twentieth century, also describes the racialist context in which early research on sickling took place."
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"Medical historian David McBride's account of the response of the medical community and the national health agencies in the United States to the tuberculosis epidemic, which ravaged the African community in the first half of the twentieth century, also describes the racialist context in which early research on sickling took place."
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