The Bare Bones of Race.  

Oleh:

Fausto-Sterling, Anne

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Studies of Science vol. 38 no. 5 (Oct. 2008), page 657.
Topik: bone density; gender; race; social production; systems theory
Fulltext: 657.pdf (459.58KB)

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In this paper I examine claims of racial difference in bone density and find that the use and definitions of race in medicine lack a theoretical foundation. My central argument is that the social produces the biological in a system of constant feedback between body and social experience. By providing a different angle of vision on claimed racial differences I hope to move the conversation away from an ultimately futile discussion of nature versus nurture, where time is held constant and place seen as irrelevant, and begin to build a new paradigm for examining the contributions of geographic ancestry, individual lifecycle experience, race, and gender to varied patterns of health and disease.

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